Calvinists incorporated : Welsh immigrants on Ohio's industrial frontier
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Calvinists incorporated : Welsh immigrants on Ohio's industrial frontier
（Research paper / the University of Chicago, Department of Geography, no. 240）
University of Chicago Press, 1997
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Bibliography: p. [295]-317
Includes index
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Anne Kelly Knowles traces a community of Welsh immigrants to Jackson and Gallia counties in southern Ohio. After reconstructing the gradual process of community-building, the author focuses on the pivotal moment when the immigrants became involved with the industrialization of their new region as workers and investors in Welsh-owned charcoal iron companies. The text sets the southern Ohio Welsh in the context of Welsh immigration as a whole from 1795 to 1850 and explores how these strict Calvinists responded to the moral dilemmas posed by leaving their native land and experiencing economic success in the United States. A wide variety of sources, including obituaries and community histories are drawn upon to reconstruct the personal histories of over 1700 immigrants.
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