The Welsh in Iowa
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Welsh in Iowa
By (Author) Cherilyn Walley
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
8th October 2009
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Oral history
History of the Americas
Ethnic studies
977.70049166
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
726g
Description
"The Welsh in Iowa" is the history of the little known Welsh immigrant communities in the American Midwestern state of Iowa. Dr. Walley's book identifies what made the Welsh unique as immigrants to North America, and as migrants and settlers in a land built on such groups. With research rooted in documentary evidence and supplemented with community and oral histories, "The Welsh in Iowa" preserves and examines Welsh culture as it was expressed in middle America by the farmers and coal miners who settled or passed through the prairie state as it grew to maturity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This work seeks to not only document the Welsh immigrants who lived in Iowa, but to study the Welsh as a distinct ethnic group in a state known for its ethnic heritage.
Reviews
'This thoughtful, insightful book is a study of the Welsh immigration to America, specifically Iowa. I enjoyed this book very much'. Gay Roberts, PenCambria No. 12
Author Bio
Cherilyn A. Walley works in the private sector as an editor. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
