Kilt Go Braugh? A cultural/historical question

[macwilkin]

Regarding the question of Scotch-Irish migration being lumped together in American history:

Yes, generally, historians tend to group the whole movement as one long event rather than break it down to smaller events. Fischer's Albion's Seed takes the long general approach and, while this is considered an important book, the critics say that the generalization is it's major flaw.

He describes the movement of Scotch-Irish into the frontier lands of the colonies. You know America better than I do at this time in the morning without getting the book out, sort of the Ozark, Smoky Mountain areas. He doesn't really get into the late-1700 to mid-1800 migrations. That would disrupt his thesis.

It is a good book if you pay attention to what he is actually describing.

So, yes, that study could create confusion.

Interesting...which critics? All of the reviews of Fischer tend to be very positive.

One thing, though: Fischer really doesn't address the Ozarks per se, since the settlement of the Ozarks came after the 1820's. Of course, the Ulster-Scots/Scots-Irish who settled Appalachia were the majority of settlers into the Ozarks, but as I remember (I'm in St. Louis and away from my library at the moment), he only mentions the Ozarks in passing.

Still, it's a good resource.

T.

[Archangel]

Interesting...which critics? All of the reviews of Fischer tend to be very positive.

One thing, though: Fischer really doesn't address the Ozarks per se, since the settlement of the Ozarks came after the 1820's. Of course, the Ulster-Scots/Scots-Irish who settled Appalachia were the majority of settlers into the Ozarks, but as I remember (I'm in St. Louis and away from my library at the moment), he only mentions the Ozarks in passing.

Still, it's a good resource.

T.

You're asking me to dig through my papers from a fourth year honours history course from about ten years ago. By critics, I mean peer reviews, not necessarily antagonists. He put together a great work but it is prone to generalizations. There was something else about stats but I can't remember fully what it was. Something to do with the Fens, I think. It's no reflection on his academic integrity, just another way of looking at the same info. The book is right here as a ready reference, the photocopies of the journals are in a box.
(Actually, you just alerted me to a potential problem, I just checked my drive for my old papers and they're not on this drive. Now I have to check out my older drives to make sure I don't lose them forever.)

Never mind ready reference, I couldn't remember the mountain range that they settled in according to Fischer. I was asking in that sentence but I guess it wasn't clear enough. Appalachians are what I was trying to remember. Thank you for supplying that, and sorry if it sounded misleading.