Analysis Of The Hatfields And Mccoys

In the Appalachian region, the Hatfields and McCoys did not always see eye to eye. These two families faced many feuds and, in general, did not agree on much. Many different institutional changes and class differences influenced the many feuds between the groups and to a certain degree the feuds were conflicts between traditional and modern ways of life. In many ways, the production by the History Channel in 2012 covering the Hatfields and McCoys obscure the underlying causes of these feuds and perpetuate long-held stereotypes of the actual events.

One major event that started the Hatfield/McCoy feud was timber. Randolph McCoy decided to go into the timber business with his father and ended up cutting timber on land that was owned

The series shows Roseanna and Johnse trying to be together and their families completely disagreeing with their choices. In reality, this was not the case. There was actually a lot of intermarriage between the Hatfields and McCoys.

Another inaccuracy was that the miniseries portrays the feuds mostly as a Civil War rivalry. This was not necessarily the case. Most of the Hatfields as well as the McCoys were Confederates. Although Civil War rivalries did come into play at times, it was not in the ways that the miniseries portrayed.

The feuds the Hatfield and McCoys went through in the Appalachian region were based around timber, hog theft, and murder. Many different institutional changes and class differences influenced these feuds between the groups and to a certain degree the feuds where about conflicts between traditional and modern ways of life. In many ways, the production by the History Channel in 2012 covering the Hatfields and McCoys obscure the underlying causes of the feuds and perpetuate long-held stereotypes of the happenings such as the settings and interrelationships between the two