Born Fighting: How The Scots-Irish Shaped America James Webb Mainstream Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

More Than 27 Million Americans Today Can Trace Their Lineage To The Scots Whose Bloodline Was Stained By Centuries Of Continuous Warfare Along Border Between England And Scotland Later In Bitter Settlements England\ S Ulster Plantation Northern Ireland When Hundreds Thousands Scots-Irish Migrated America Eighteenth Century They Brought With Them Not Only Long Experience As Rebels Outcasts But Also Unparalleled Skills Frontiersmen Guerrilla Fighters Cultural Identity Reflected Acute Individualism Dislike Aristocracy A Military Tradition Over Time Defined Attitudes Values Working-Class Even Peculiarly Populist Form American Democracy Itself Born Fighting Is First Book Chronicle Epic Journey This Remarkable Ethnic Group Profound Unrecognised Role It Has Played Shaping Social Political Landscape From Its Beginnings Through Present Day Σελίδες: 368 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm