Wales, the Welsh and the Making of America
Awdur(on) Vivienne Sanders
Iaith: Saesneg
Dosbarthiad(au): History
- Gorffennaf 2021 · 288 tudalen ·216x138mm
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Am y llyfr
Yn 1971, dywedodd y cyngreswr o Califfornia Thomas M. Rees wrth Dŷ’r Cynrychiolwyr yn yr UD mai ‘ychydig iawn sydd wedi’i ysgrifennu am yr hyn mae’r Cymry wedi’i gyfrannu ym mhob maes at siapio hanes America’. Y gyfrol hon yw’r ymdrech systematig gyntaf i adrodd a gwerthuso’r cyfraniad sylweddol, nad yw wedi’i gydnabod yn ddigonol, a wnaed gan fewnfudwyr o Gymru a’u disgynyddion uniongyrchol at ddatblygiad yr Unol Daleithiau. Adroddir hanes eu bywydau a’u cyflawniadau mewn amlinelliad naratif o hanes America sy’n pwysleisio’r dylanwad Cymreig ar y modd y gwrthododd y drefedigaeth reolaeth Brydeinig, ac ar sefydlu, ehangu a diwydiannu’r genedl Americanaidd newydd. Mae’r gyfrol yn trafod y bobl enwog a distadl a fu’n gweithio ac yn ymladd i sicrhau gwell llewyrch a rhyddid iddynt eu hunain ac i’w cenedl.
Dyfyniadau
‘A comprehensive cultural history of the United States of America and Wales, written in a lively accessible style with a cast of heroes of Welsh ancestry such as tough miners’ union boss John Llewelyn Lewis and America’s greatest architect Frank Lloyd Wright ...’
- Lord Elis-Thomas
‘There is no better overview of the Welsh in America. The scope is wide, the scholarship impressive. Welsh racism and anti-Irish prejudice co-existed with Welsh achievement and overestimated achievement. Those new to the subject and established scholars will enjoy and learn from this book.’
-Dr Hywel Davies, author of Transatlantic Brethren
‘From Madoc to the early Quaker migrations – then on through revolution and civil war to industrial and modern times – the good, the bad and the ugly are all represented in this wonderfully readable book. A must for anyone interested in Welsh history and our often overlooked place in the wider Atlantic world.’
-Paul Frame, Honorary Fellow at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
‘This is a scholarly, revisionist account of the contribution of Wales and the Welsh to the making of modern America. Based on thorough academic research, and exceptionally well written and readable, it provides a scholarly overview of the key themes of the part played by the Welsh in the colonisation of North America, the role of the philosopher Richard Price, and the relationship of Welsh settlers and their direct descendants in both the American War of Independence and the American Civil War. Long-term patterns of assimilation and the contribution of the Welsh to the industrialisation of North America are also considered here at some length. The volume is supported by a most helpful bibliographical essay on the most useful published sources in the field.’
-Dr J. Graham Jones, Former Head of the Welsh Political Archive, National Library of Wales
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