Becoming Melungeon: Making an Ethnic Identity in the Appalachian South

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© 2013 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. All rights reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schrift, Melissa, 1968– Becoming Melungeon : making an ethnic identity in the Appalachian South / Melissa Schrift. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-7154-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Melungeons—Appalachian Mountains, Southern—Ethnic identity. 2. Melungeons— Appalachian Mountains, Southern—History. 3. Melungeons—Appalachian Mountains, Southern—Social conditions. I. Title. e184.m44s37 2013 305.8'05074—dc23 2012038654 Set in Iowan by Laura Wellington. In memory of mentor and friend, Nina Etkin ...