The Welsh in America : letters from the immigrants / edited by Alan Conway.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conway, Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welsh--United States.

Welsh.

United States--Description and travel.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 341 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1961]

Summary:

The Welsh formed a small but significant part of the great migration from Europe to the United States during the nineteenth century. In this volume they tell their own story in letters they wrote from America to their families and friends back home. The.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CROSSING THE ATLANTIC

THE MOTHER-LODE: NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND OHIO

FARMING IN ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN, IOWA, AND TENNESSEE

FARMING IN MISSOURI, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, AND TEXAS

FARMING'S LAST FRONTIER: OREGON AND WASHINGTON

IN AMERICAN INDUSTRY: COALMINING

IRON AND STEEL AND TIN-PLATE INDUSTRIES

ON THE MINING FRONTIERS

DURING THE CIVIL WAR

IN SEARCH OF ZION

EPILOGUE

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-332) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5737-8

OCLC:

233576756