Mention whiskey to most people and they’ll likely think of the Scottish stuff or, perhaps, Kentucky bourbon. Suggest “Ireland” and many will think of beer, or to be more specific, the black ale known ...

“The Savage South” is an image that retired UNC-Chapel Hill Lineberger Professor of the Humanities at Fred Hobson thinks and writes about. He tried to explain to me why, over the years from Colonial ...

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 ...