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Autore |
Lewis Ronald L. <1940-> |
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Titolo |
Welsh Americans [[electronic resource] ] : a history of assimilation in the coalfields / / Ronald L. Lewis |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 |
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1-4696-0581-3 |
0-8078-8790-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Welsh Americans - Cultural assimilation |
Welsh Americans - Ethnic identity |
Welsh Americans - Social conditions |
Welsh Americans - History |
Immigrants - United States - History |
Coal miners - United States - History |
Coal mines and mining - Social aspects - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
Middle West Ethnic relations |
Pennsylvania Ethnic relations |
West Virginia Ethnic relations |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-384) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Emigration, immigration -- Superintendents, networks, and Welsh settlement patterns -- Community, republicanism, and social mobility -- Welsh American cultural institutions -- Professional inspectors for a disaster-prone industry -- Ethnic conflict : the Welsh and Irish in anthracite country -- The Slav "invasion" and the Welsh "exodus" -- Welsh American union leadership -- From Nantymoel to Hollywood : the incredible journey of Mary Thomas -- Epilogue: Americanization and Welsh identity. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1890, more than 100,000 Welsh-born immigrants resided in the United States. A majority of them were skilled laborers from the coal mines of Wales who had been recruited by American mining companies. |
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