TY - JOUR
T1 - Culture maintenance, occupational mobility and social status
T2 - The Welsh in a Pennsylvanian Slate Town, 1900-30
AU - Tyler, Robert Llewellyn
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - This article provides an analysis of intragenerational and intergenerational changes in socio-economic status, as indicated by occupational shifts, in the Welsh ethno-linguistic community in Bangor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, during the early twentieth century. The study provides a clearer picture than the images promulgated by contemporary Welsh leaders who strove to emphasise the industry and upward mobility of their fellow countrymen. In addition, the article considers the role of occupational concentration in culture maintenance along with other factors such as residential propinquity, language, religious and cultural activities, and exogamy.
AB - This article provides an analysis of intragenerational and intergenerational changes in socio-economic status, as indicated by occupational shifts, in the Welsh ethno-linguistic community in Bangor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, during the early twentieth century. The study provides a clearer picture than the images promulgated by contemporary Welsh leaders who strove to emphasise the industry and upward mobility of their fellow countrymen. In addition, the article considers the role of occupational concentration in culture maintenance along with other factors such as residential propinquity, language, religious and cultural activities, and exogamy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84974784244&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.16922/whr.28.1.5
DO - 10.16922/whr.28.1.5
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84974784244
SN - 0043-2431
VL - 28
SP - 115
EP - 145
JO - Welsh History Review
JF - Welsh History Review
IS - 1
ER -