Welsh in Wisconsin /

"Life in Wales in the mid-nineteenth century proved grim for many of its farmers. Large landowners controlled most of the arable land, tracts of which they rented out to tenant farmers. Corn laws prohibited importation of cheap food and drove up domestic food prices, leaving the typical tenant-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davies, Phillips G.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, WI : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, ©2006.
Edición:Rev. and expanded ed.
Colección:People of Wisconsin.
Temas:
Welsh Americans > Wisconsin > History.
Américains d'origine galloise > Wisconsin > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Welsh Americans
Welsh > Wisconsin.
Wisconsin > History.
Wisconsin > Histoire.
Wisconsin
United States, Wisconsin > Minorities > History.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Map
  • Retaining Old-Country Ways
  • Coming To Wisconsin
  • Leaving Wales
  • The Journey To America
  • Urban Life
  • Rural Life and Agriculture
  • The Religious Community
  • Religious Education and Social Life
  • Gallery I
  • Living Faithfully Throughout The Week
  • Unity In A New Land
  • Social and Cultural Life
  • Conclusion
  • Gallery II
  • Owen Family Letters, 1847-1907
  • Private John G. Jones Letters, 1862-1863
  • Selected Bibliography and For Further Reading
  • Index
  • The Author

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