The Scotch-Irish: A Social History

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1962. xix, 377 pages, maps; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear. Another copy available. "Dispelling much of what he terms the 'mythology' of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He discusses their life in Scotland, when the essentials of their character and culture were shaped; their removal to Northern Ireland and the action of their residence in that region upon their outlook on life; and their successive migrations to America, where they settled especially in the back-country of Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia, and then after the Revolutionary War were in the van of pioneers to the west." - Publisher. CONTENTS: I. SCOT IN 1600. Poverty and insecurity; Domestic life of the Lowland Scot; Scottish social institutions in 1600; Religion in Scotland; Mind and character of the Lowlander; II. SCOTS IN IRELAND. Plantation of Ulster, 1610 and after; Causes of the Scottish migration; Pioneer Scots in Ulster, 1606-1634; Hard years, 1634-1690; Intermarriage with the Irish; Character of the Ulster Scot; III. SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICA. Migration; Scotch-Irish settlements; Frontier society; Presbyterian church; Scotch-Irish in politics; Final estimate.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.