Author: Gwyneth Francis Jones
Publisher:
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Category : Dairy workers
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Author: Anne Kelly Knowles
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226448533
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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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 with 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 historians and historians of religion.

Author: Peter Atkins
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317180852
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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Animal Cities builds upon a recent surge of interest about animals in the urban context. Considering animals in urban settings is now a firmly established area of study and this book presents a number of valuable case studies that illustrate some of the perspectives that may be adopted. Having an ’urban history’ flavour, the book follows a fourfold agenda. First, the opening chapters look at working and productive animals that lived and died in nineteenth-century cities such as London, Edinburgh and Paris. The argument here is that their presence yields insights into evolving understandings of the category ’urban’ and what made a good city. Second, there is a consideration of nineteenth-century animal spectacles, which influenced contemporary interpretations of the urban experience. Third, the theme of contested animal spaces in the city is explored further with regard to backyard chickens in suburban Australia. Finally, there is discussion of the problem of the public companion animal and its role in changing attitudes to public space, illustrated with a chapter on dog-walking in Victorian and Edwardian London. Animal Cities makes a significant contribution to animal studies and is of interest to historical geographers, urban, cultural, social and economic historians and historians of policy and planning.

Author: Christie Davies
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110161045
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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A comparative and historical study of jokes and other forms of humor, addressing topics such as: local, regional, and ethnic jokes about stupidity; the Protestant ethic and the comic spirit of capitalism; ethnic jokes about alcohol--a study of the humor of ambivalence; and making fun of work--humor as sociology in the humorous writings of H.G. Wells. The author looks at several levels of explanation and concludes that although none provide a full account of joking, taken together they give insight into joking patterns. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author: Megan Hayes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784615260
Category : Dairy plants
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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An account of how the Welsh have, over the centuries, been crucial in supplying milk to the population of London. Beginning with the influence of the drovers who took their cattle from rural Wales to the city, this book moves on to describe the establishment of many dairies and corner shops which, open all hours, provided fresh milk to the growing metropolis. Reprint, first published 2018.

Author: Anne Kelly Knowles
Publisher:
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Category : Iron and steel workers
Languages : en
Pages : 648

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Author: Elizabeth I. Kwasnik
Publisher:
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Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: Christie Davies
Publisher:
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Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Features a scholarly study of various societies' hostile humor. This book takes a serious look at humor, drawing on the work of psychologists, folklorists, and philosophers, but also is intended for those who are curious as to why we laugh at ethnic jokes.

Author: School Library Association
Publisher:
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Category : School librarians
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Author: Emrys Jones
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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A collection of 15 eye-opening and penetrating studies by 10 highly acknowledged historians exploring various aspects of the social and economic, cultural, educational and religious activities of Welsh people in London during the period 1500-2000, together with information about the notable contribution of some individuals. 41 black-and-white illustrations and 11 diagrams.