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.
Tabella dei contenuti
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
Circa l’autore
This book is aimed at the general reader with an interest in the history of any of the following: Wales, Welsh emigrants and their descendants, and the growth and development of the United States
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