Because of their similar linguistic; religious; and cultural backgrounds; English; Scottish; and Welsh immigrants are often regarded as the “invisible immigrants;†assimilating into early American society easily and quickly and often losing their ethnic identities. Yet; of all of Ohio’s immigrants; the British were the most influential in terms of shaping the state’s politics and institutions. Also significant were their contributions to farming; mining; iron production; textiles; pottery; and engineering. Until British Buckeyes; historians have all but ignored and neglected these industrious settlers. Author William E. Van Vugt uses hundreds of biographies from county archives and histories; letters; Ohio and British census figures; and ship passenger lists to identify these immigrants and draw a portrait of their occupations; settlement patterns; and experiences and to underscore their role in Ohio history.
#701832 in Books University of South Carolina Press 1992-01-15 1992-01-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .40 x 5.51l; .49 #File Name: 0872497801160 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy cshpyQuickly shipped; item as described0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerExactly what I ordered. Thank you very much!17 of 18 people found the following review helpful. A great little bookBy Thomas W. RobinsonEmory Thomas has long been one of my favorite Civil War historians and he has another winner with this book. By Thomas' own account; this book is an extended essay; while his later work; The Confederate Nation; was his more broad; lengthy study of the Confederacy. Still; this book has great merit; especially for being an easy to read synopsis of the Confederate revolution. As the previous reviewer stated; that means that the Confederacy was founded by revolutionaries; but also that the Confederacy went through an internal revolution during the Civil War. Thomas points out; as few other historians have; that the things the Confederacy fought for ended up being lost during the war years. Also; the "fire-eaters" (aka; the revolutionaries) who for so many years wanted secession and ultimately got it; were often shut out of the new Confederacy that they helped form. Thomas points out in the end that many of the revolutions that occurred in the South during the war (economics; industry; politics; social hierarchy; etc.) were actually lost post-Reconstruction.This book is a great introduction to the topic of the Confederacy; but don't pick up this book for military analysis or even in-depth political analysis. Instead; if you wish to read about secession; the founding of the Confederacy; and the transformation of the antebellum South then pick up this book. I; for one; highly recommend it.
