Welsh Americans : a history of assimilation in the coalfields / / Ronald L. Lewis
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| Autore: |
Lewis Ronald L. <1940->
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| Titolo: |
Welsh Americans : a history of assimilation in the coalfields / / Ronald L. Lewis
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| 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: | 979-88-908830-6-3 |
| 979-88-9313-321-9 | |
| 1-4696-0581-3 | |
| 0-8078-8790-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910969550503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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