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Author Lewis, Ronald L., 1940-

Title Welsh Americans [electronic resource] : a history of assimilation in the coalfields / Ronald L. Lewis.

Imprint Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.

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Description x, 395 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-384) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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.
Middle West -- Ethnic relations.
Pennsylvania -- Ethnic relations.
West Virginia -- Ethnic relations.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780807832202 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807832200 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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