In 1971, Californian congressman Thomas M. Rees told the US House of Representatives that ‘very little has been written of what the Welsh have contributed in all walks of life in the shaping of American history’. This book is the first systematic attempt to both recount and evaluate the considerable yet undervalued contribution made by Welsh immigrants and their immediate descendants to the development of the United States. Their lives and achievements are set within a narrative outline of American history that emphasises the Welsh influence upon the colonists’ rejection of British rule, and upon the establishment, expansion and industrialisation of the new American nation. This book covers both the famous and the unsung who worked and fought to acquire greater prosperity and freedom for themselves and for their nation.
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The exciting story of the Welsh immigrants and their descendants who made a disproportionate contribution to the creation and growth of the wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America
Chapter 1 - Madoc – explorer and discoverer of North America?
Chapter 2 - The Welsh and the colonisation of North America
Chapter 3 - Richard Price and the American Revolution
Chapter 4 - The Welsh American military contribution to the American War of Independence
Chapter 5 - The Welsh American political contribution to the American Revolution
Chapter 6 - Meriwether Lewis, James Monroe and the American West
Chapter 7 - The Welsh go West
Chapter 8 - Welsh Americans and the American Civil War
Chapter 9 - The Welsh and the industrialisation of America
Chapter 10 - Assimilation and the vanishing Welsh
Chapter 11 - Wales, the Welsh and the making of America – conclusions
Bibliographical essay
Index
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"A comprehensive cultural history of the United States of America and Wales, written in a lively accessible style with a cast of heroes of Welsh ancestry such as tough miners’ union boss John Llewelyn Lewis and America’s greatest architect Frank Lloyd Wright ..." --Elis-Thomas
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• The work is written in an accessible fashion.
• It uses biographies to give readers an interesting and useful overview of the history and development of the United States.
• It could give Welsh readers a sense of pride in the achievements of Welsh people and their descendants
• It clarifies for American readers the motivation and achievements of those of their ancestors who came from Wales, and demonstrates how valuable immigrants can be.
• It synthesises and connects the history and development of the United States with interesting biographies of individuals of Welsh ancestry
• It emphasises the importance that individuals of Welsh ancestry played in the development of the United States
• It explains the impact of immigration upon the United States
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Vivienne Sanders is a prolific author on American history.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781786837905
Publisert
2021-07-15
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Wales Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
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