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Iron Artisans : Welsh Immigrants and the American Age of Steel / Ronald L. Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Ronald L., 1940- author.
- Series:
- Regional Series.
- Regional Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Emigration and immigration.
- Iron industry and trade--United States--History.
- Iron industry and trade.
- Steel industry and trade--United States--History.
- Steel industry and trade.
- Wales--Emigration and immigration--History.
- Wales.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- How Skilled Welsh Workers and Managers Helped Build the American Steel Industry.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface & Acknowledgments
- 1. The Transplanted
- 2. Transnational Institutions
- 3. Early American Iron and the Welsh Plan
- 4. The Age of Steel Begins
- 5. Welsh Tinplate and the McKinley Tariff
- 6. The Rise of the Trusts and Decline of Greater Alcania
- 7. Gender, Transnational Work Culture, and the Hetty Williams Affair
- 8. Republicanism and the Search for Success
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1. Firms of the American Tin-Plate Company
- Appendix 2. Firms of the United States Steel Company
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lewis, Ronald L. Iron Artisans
- ISBN:
- 9780822989684
- OCLC:
- 1373343690
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