Welsh in Wisconsin / Phillips G. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Phillips G.

Series:

People of Wisconsin

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welsh Americans--Wisconsin--History.

Welsh Americans.

Wisconsin--History.

Wisconsin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (80 p.)

Edition:

Rev. and expanded ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1840 and 1890, many Welsh looked to Wisconsin for relief where they could purchase inexpensive, productive land.With large Welsh landowners controlling most of the arable land in Wales and Corn Laws, which prohibited importation of cheap food, domestic food prices increased dramatically and left the typical tenant-farming family with.

Contents:

""Map ""; ""Retaining Old-Country Ways ""; ""Coming To Wisconsin""; ""Leaving Wales ""; ""The Journey To America""; ""Urban Life""; ""Rural Life and Agriculture ""; ""The Religious Community ""; ""Religious Education and Social Life""; ""Gallery I""; ""Living Faithfully Throughout The Week""; ""Unity In A New Land""; ""Social and Cultural Life ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Gallery II""; ""Owen Family Letters , 1847-1907""; ""Private John G. Jones Letters, 1862-1863""; ""Selected Bibliography and For Further Reading ""; ""Index ""; ""The Author ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [73]) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87020-625-7

OCLC:

923517799