Wales, The Welsh and the Making of America

Awdur: Vivienne Sanders

ISBN: 9781786837905
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi: 04 Medi 2021
Cyhoeddwr: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
Fformat: Clawr Meddal, 217x138 mm, 304 tudalen
Iaith: Saesneg

Stori gyffrous y mewnfudwyr Cymreig a'u disgynyddion a wnaeth gyfraniad anghydradd i greu ac i dyfiant y genedl fwyaf cyfoethog a phwerus ar y ddaear.

Darparwyd yr isod gan y Cyhoeddwr:

Tabl Cynnwys:
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

Bywgraffiad Awdur:
Vivienne Sanders is a prolific author on American history.

Gwybodaeth Bellach:
• The work is written in an accessible fashion.
• It uses biographies to give readers an interesting and useful overview of the history and development of the United States.
• It could give Welsh readers a sense of pride in the achievements of Welsh people and their descendants
• It clarifies for American readers the motivation and achievements of those of their ancestors who came from Wales, and demonstrates how valuable immigrants can be.
• It synthesises and connects the history and development of the United States with interesting biographies of individuals of Welsh ancestry
• It emphasises the importance that individuals of Welsh ancestry played in the development of the United States
• It explains the impact of immigration upon the United States