Welsh Americans: A History of Assimilation in the Coalfields

by Ronald L. Lewis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469614898
• ISBN13: 9781469614892
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"