Migration

View basket “Wales in Patagonia from 1865” has been added to your basket.

Showing 73–78 of 78 results

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 3 March 1918
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 3 March 1918

£2.99

In March 1917, the Germans had arranged and financed Lenin’s return to Russia and, after seizing power in the October Revolution, Lenin handsomely returned the favour. In December peace negotiations began, after an armistice was declared between Russia and the Central Powers. The Bolsheviks, shocked by the severity of the... More
US Population Movements 1940–60
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

US Population Movements 1940–60

£2.99

The common factor in US migration patterns in the middle decades of the 20th century was rural depopulation, with over half of the nation’s 3,100 counties registering absolute declines in population. Choice of urban destination was more mixed. The ‘Great Migration’ of African Americans from the southern states resumed in... More
Wales in Patagonia from 1865
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Wales in Patagonia from 1865

£2.99

‘A little Wales beyond Wales’ was the brainchild of Michael D. Jones, a Welsh non-conformist preacher in the 1860s. At the time, the expanding coalfields in Wales were sucking the lifeblood out of the traditional, Welsh speaking rural hinterland. Welsh migrants to America felt pressured to anglicize, so the decision... More
Welsh Industry 1640–1850
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Welsh Industry 1640–1850

£2.99

Prior to the 1640s small-scale metal and coal mining were practised in Wales, a mostly rural region. There was a fledgling coal export industry in south Wales and Aberystwyth between the 16th and 17th centuries. This was helped by the English Civil War (1642–49), which boosted local economies. During the... More
Western Land Claims 1782–90
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Western Land Claims 1782–90

£2.99

In 1763, the Royal Proclamation had forbidden American colonists to settle west of a line running along the watershed of the Appalachian Mountains. The Treaty of Paris (1783) concluding the American Revolutionary War granted the colonies additional territory from the Appalachians to the Mississippi: almost 387,000 sq miles (1 million... More
Wounded Knee 29 December 1890
£2.99 ADD GO TO MAP

Wounded Knee 29 December 1890

£2.99

Displaced from their traditional homelands, then shunted to progressively smaller and more barren reservations, the provisions of the Dawes Act (1887) were the final wrecking ball for the Indian way of life. Under the pretext of ‘assimilation’, the Indians were now to be assigned individual land allotments, abolishing communal ownership,... More