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Author: W. Arvon Roberts
Publisher: Llygad Gwalch Cyf
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781845240776
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Bywgraffiadau byrion o 150 o Gymry mwyaf nodedig America. Caiff Llywyddion, actorion Hollywood, miliwnyddion, a dwsinau o alwedigaethau eraill eu cynnwys yn y gyfrol hon; cyfeirlyfr anhepgor i haneswyr, myfyrwyr ac ymchwilwyr. Adargraffiad; cyhoeddwyd gyntaf yn 2008. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Author: Ronald L. Lewis
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2009-06-01
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780807887905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1890, more than 100,000 Welsh-born immigrants resided in the United States. A majority of them were skilled laborers from the coal mines of Wales who had been recruited by American mining companies. Readily accepted by American society, Welsh immigrants experienced a unique process of acculturation. In the first history of this exceptional community, Ronald Lewis explores how Welsh immigrants made a significant contribution to the development of the American coal industry and how their rapid and successful assimilation affected Welsh American culture. Lewis describes how Welsh immigrants brought their national churches, fraternal orders and societies, love of literature and music, and, most important, their own language. Yet unlike eastern and southern Europeans and the Irish, the Welsh--even with their "foreign" ways--encountered no apparent hostility from the Americans. Often within a single generation, Welsh cultural institutions would begin to fade and a new "Welsh American" identity developed. True to the perspective of the Welsh themselves, Lewis's analysis adopts a transnational view of immigration, examining the maintenance of Welsh coal-mining culture in the United States and in Wales. By focusing on Welsh coal miners, Welsh Americans illuminates how Americanization occurred among a distinct group of skilled immigrants and demonstrates the diversity of the labor migrations to a rapidly industrializing America.
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Published: 2015-08-24
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780979507649
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →At long last, an English translation of the Welsh language part of Hanes Cymry Minnesota (1895), Indexed and with every photo from the original volume. The Welsh language account is quite unique -- fresh stories told firsthand by scores of Old Settlers with settlement histories in tidy order.
Author: Carys Moseley
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Published: 2013-11-28
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 0227901754
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this eloquently argued work Carys Moseley provides an original angle of criticism on the issue of nationhood and Christianity, asserting that Christianity must relate to nationhood as the nation structure is part of God's plan for humanity. The book addresses three major themes in the field of theology and nationhood. The first is that anti-nationalism and anti-Zionism are often two sides of the same coin, and involve taking leave of a providential reading of the Bible as well as a willingness to understand history in broadly providential terms. The second is that such an approach tends to involve a reluctance to recognise subordinated Gentile nations, especially those that have lost independence. Moseley studies the work of four theologians - Reinhold Niebuhr, Rowan Williams, John Milbank and Karl Barth - to examine the difference between nationhood and statehood. She provides a perspective on Wales as a stateless nation, as an example of a Gentile parallel to Israel. Thirdly, Moseley links social theorists to the theologians to explore their affinities. Niebuhr is paired with Mark Juergensmeyer, and Rowan Williams is juxtaposed to the debate between Adrian Hastings and Anthon Smith. Nationhood, Recognition and Providence will interest anyone concerned with nationhood and Israel in protestant theology, and offers unique insights into stateless nations from the Welsh-born author's perspective.
Author: Conway
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1452912769
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Beryl Evans
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2015-05-30
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 1473861950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Few previous publications have focused on Welsh family history, and none have provided a comprehensive guide to the genealogical information available and where to find it. That is why the publication of Beryl Evans's new Welsh family history handbook is such a significant event in the field. Her detailed, accessible, authoritative guide will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is eager to research ancestors from Wales. She describes the key archival sources and shows how the development of new technology, the internet in particular, has made them so much easier to explore. Drawing on her long experience of family history work, she gives clear practical advice on how to start a research project, and she sketches in the outlines of Welsh history, Welsh surnames and place-names and the Welsh language. But the main body of her book is devoted to identifying the variety of sources researchers can consult the archive repositories, including The National Library of Wales, civil records of all kinds, the census, parish registers, wills, the records of churches, chapels, schools, businesses, tax offices and courts, and the wide range of printed records. Beryl Evans's handbook will be a basic text for researchers of Welsh descent and for anyone who is keen to learn about Welsh history
Author: Rough Guides
Publisher: Rough Guides UK
Published: 2015-08-03
Total Pages: 1433
ISBN-13: 0241244153
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The full-colour The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget is the ultimate guidebook for travelling the continent, from Colombia's Caribbean beaches to the ice-fields of Patagonia. Detailed colour maps and in-depth coverage of what to see, where to stay and how to get around will help you discover the best this dazzling continent has to offer. The guide features reviews of affordable accommodation, cheap places to eat and laidback bars, plus all the information you need for hiking the Inca Trail, whale-watching in Argentina celebrating Carnival in Rio and much more besides. Make the most of your trip of a lifetime with The Rough Guide to South America on a Budget.
Author: Lisa Shaw
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2005-01-14
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1851095098
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A survey of contemporary Latin American popular culture, covering topics that range from music and film to popular festivals and fashion. Like no other volume of its kind, Pop Culture Latin America! captures the breadth and vitality of pop culture in Central and South America and the Caribbean, exploring both familiar and lesser-known aspects of its unique melange of art, entertainment, spirituality, and celebrations. Written by contributors who are scholars and specialists in the cultures and languages of Latin America, the book focuses on the historical, social, and political forces that have shaped Latino culture since 1945, particularly in the last two decades. Separate chapters cover music, popular cinema, mass media, theater and performance, literature, cultural heroes, religions and festivals, social movements and politics, the visual arts and architecture, sports and leisure, travel and tourism, and language.
