Welsh Americans : a history of assimilation in the coalfields / Ronald L. Lewis.

Author: Lewis, Ronald L., 1940-

Imprint:Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.

Descriptionx, 395 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note:Emigration, immigration -- Superintendents, networks, and Welsh settlement patterns -- Community, republicanism, and social mobility -- Welsh American cultural institutions -- Professional inspectors for a disaster-prone industry -- Ethnic conflict : the Welsh and Irish in anthracite country -- The Slav "invasion" and the Welsh "exodus" -- Welsh American union leadership -- From Nantymoel to Hollywood : the incredible journey of Mary Thomas -- Epilogue: Americanization and Welsh identity.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-384) and index.

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