TY - BOOK AU - Lewis,Ronald L. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Welsh Americans: a history of assimilation in the coalfields AV - E184.W4 L49 2008eb U1 - 973.0491/66 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Welsh Americans KW - Cultural assimilation KW - Ethnic identity KW - Social conditions KW - History KW - Immigrants KW - United States KW - Coal miners KW - Coal mines and mining KW - Social aspects KW - Middle West KW - Ethnic relations KW - Pennsylvania KW - West Virginia KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-384) and index; Emigration, immigration -- Superintendents, networks, and Welsh settlement patterns -- Community, republicanism, and social mobility -- Welsh American cultural institutions -- Professional inspectors for a disaster-prone industry -- Ethnic conflict : the Welsh and Irish in anthracite country -- The Slav "invasion" and the Welsh "exodus" -- Welsh American union leadership -- From Nantymoel to Hollywood : the incredible journey of Mary Thomas -- Epilogue: Americanization and Welsh identity; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10310783 ER -