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Calvinists Incorporated : Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier (University of Chicago Geography Research Papers)
Calvinists Incorporated Welsh Immigrants on Ohio's Industrial Frontier - University of Chicago Geography Research Papers Author:Anne Kelly Knowles Bringing immigrants onstage as central players in the drama of rural — capitalist transformation, 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, Knowles — focuses on the pivotal moment when the immigrants became involved wi... more »th
the industrialization of their new region as workers and investors in
Welsh-owned charcoal iron companies. Setting the southern Ohio Welsh in
the context of Welsh immigration as a whole from 1795 to 1850, Knowles
explores how these strict Calvinists responded to the moral dilemmas
posed by leaving their native land and experiencing economic success in
the United States.
Knowles draws on a wide variety of sources, including obituaries and
community histories, to reconstruct the personal histories of over 1,700
immigrants. The resulting account will find appreciative readers not
only among historical geographers, but also among American economic