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Wales, the Welsh and the making of America / Vivienne Sanders.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sanders, Vivienne, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welsh--United States.
- Welsh.
- Civilization.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--Welsh influences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : illustrations, map
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Madoc: Explorer and Discoverer of North America? p. 7
- Madoc and the early colonisation of America p. 9
- Madoc's descendants: the Welsh Indians p. 11
- 'Madoc fever' in America p. 11
- 'Madoc fever' in Wales p. 13
- Opposition to the Madoc story p. 14
- 2 The Welsh and the Colonisation of North America p. 17
- Welsh Quakers, Penn and Pennsylvania p. 19
- Welsh settlers in Delaware and South Carolina p. 26
- The Welsh contribution to education in the colonies p. 27
- 3 Richard Price and the American Revolution p. 31
- Price and the taxation of the American colonies p. 35
- Price's Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty p. 38
- Price and the American Declaration of Independence p. 39
- Price's invitation to America p. 40
- Price and the American Constitution p. 41
- Richard Price: conclusions p. 43
- 4 The Welsh American Military Contribution to the American War of Independence p. 45
- Charles Lee p. 50
- 'Mad' Anthony Wayne p. 54
- Daniel Morgan p. 58
- Welsh American Loyalists, neutrals and the case of Daniel Boone (1734-1820) p. 62
- 5 The Welsh American Political Contribution to the American Revolution p. 71
- The search for Welsh American contributors to the American Revolution p. 73
- Robert Morris (1734-1806) p. 75
- A lost Founding Father - Button Gwinnett (1735-77) p. 78
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) p. 80
- 6 Meriwether Lewis James Monroe and the American West p. 89
- Meriwether Lewis's background p. 91
- The aims of the Lewis and Clark expedition p. 92
- The expedition's relations with the Indians p. 94
- Other problems on the expedition p. 98
- Lewis's achievements p. 101
- Lewis's life after the expedition p. 102
- James Monroe and the American West p. 105
- 7 The Welsh Go West p. 111
- Getting to America p. 113
- Why emigrate from Wales? p. 116
- The Welsh on the East Coast p. 124
- From the East Coast to the West Coast p. 126
- Life in the West p. 135
- 8 Welsh Americans and the American Civil War p. 141
- Jefferson Davis (1808-89) p. 143
- Welsh American contributions to the Union victory p. 152
- The Welsh contribution to a Civil War that helped make America p. 168
- The perils of ethnic history p. 169
- 9 The Welsh and the Industrialisation of America p. 175
- Oliver Evans (1755-1819) p. 177
- Industrialisation p. 179
- Iron and steel p. 180
- Coal p. 193
- Industry and business p. 206
- Quarrying and the stone industry p. 208
- Copper and tinplate p. 210
- 10 Assimilation and the Vanishing Welsh p. 213
- How and why the Welsh 'Americanized' p. 215
- The acceptance of the Welsh - a myth? p. 220
- Welsh, Welsh American or American? p. 221
- John L. Lewis (1880-1969) and the American Dream p. 223
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) p. 241
- Beyond John L. Lewis and Frank Lloyd Wright p. 251
- 11 Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America - Conclusions p. 253
- A special people? p. 255
- 'Nauseating' Welsh writers p. 258.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-277) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781786837912
- 1786837919
- Publisher Number:
- 40030723827
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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