| Description |
1 online resource (78 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
People of Wisconsin |
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People of Wisconsin
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"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-farming family in the ironic situation of having fields full of grain but empty cupboards. Between 1840 and 1890 many Welsh looked to Wisconsin for relief, where they could purchase inexpensive, productive land. In 1872, unofficial estimates found 18,260 Welsh living in larger settlements and the 1900 U.S. census showed 4,200 in rural settlements. The newcomers kept to themselves; maintained their native language, Cymraeg; built churches and worshiped together in close-knit communities; and maintained their national traditions. This new edition in the People of Wisconsin series features letters from the Owen family, those who emigrated to Baraboo in 1846 and those who stayed behind, in North Wales, and letters of Private John Jones, who served in the Union army in the Civil War"--Publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 73) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Welsh Americans -- Wisconsin -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Welsh Americans
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Welsh -- Wisconsin.
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| SUBJECT |
Wisconsin -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147094
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| Subject |
Wisconsin
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United States, Wisconsin -- Minorities -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780870206252 |
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0870206257 |
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