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WALES IN AMERICA
SCRANTON AND THE WELSH, 1860-1920 |
| By: |
Bill Jones |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£20.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0708312020 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780708312025 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
5 May, 1993 |
| Pages: |
302 |
| Description: |
Between the years 1860 and 1920 around 80,000 Welsh immigrants settled in the United States. This volume focuses on Scranton, the epicentre of Welsh America, and examines the wider issues of how these immigrants regarded themselves and their new home. |
| Synopsis: |
Between the years 1860 and 1920 around 80,000 Welsh immigrants settled in the United States. This volume focses on Scranton, the epicentre of Welsh America, and examines the wider issues of how these immigrants regarded their nationality, their mother country, their relationship with other cultures and how they became absorbed into the society of their new home. |
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No |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
University of Wales Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |