Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America
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Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America

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Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
University of Wales Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781786837905
eBook ISBN
9781786837929
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
British History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Dedication
  8. Introduction: Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America
  9. Chapter 1: Madoc: Explorer and Discoverer of North America?
  10. Chapter 2: The Welsh and the Colonisation of North America
  11. Chapter 3: Richard Price and the American Revolution
  12. Chapter 4: The Welsh American Military Contribution to the American War of Independence
  13. Chapter 5: The Welsh American Political Contribution to the American Revolution
  14. Chapter 6: Meriwether Lewis, James Monroe and the American West
  15. Chapter 7: The Welsh Go West
  16. Chapter 8: Welsh Americans and the American Civil War
  17. Chapter 9: The Welsh and the Industrialisation of America
  18. Chapter 10: Assimilation and the Vanishing Welsh
  19. Chapter 11: Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America – Conclusions
  20. Bibliographical Essay
  21. Bibliography of Works Referred to in the Text