Vai al contenuto principale della pagina
Autore: |
Lewis Ronald L. <1940->
![]() |
Titolo: |
Welsh Americans : a history of assimilation in the coalfields / / Ronald L. Lewis
![]() |
Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
Disciplina: | 973.0491/66 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
Soggetto geografico: | Middle West Ethnic relations |
Pennsylvania Ethnic relations | |
West Virginia Ethnic relations | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-384) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. Readily accepted by American society, Welsh immigrants experienced a unique process of acculturation. In the first history of this exceptional community, Ronald Lewis explores how Welsh immigrants made a significant contribution to the development of the American coal industry and how their rapid and successful assimilation affected Welsh American culture.Lewis describes how Welsh immigr |
Titolo autorizzato: | Welsh Americans ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4696-0581-3 |
0-8078-8790-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823433603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |