ABSTRACT This paper provides an analysis of the nature of the Welsh ethno-linguistic community in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The study considers culture maintenance, and suggests that although Welsh ethnic integrity was initially maintained due to linguistic ability, occupational specialisation and the creation of vibrant cultural institutions, it was undermined by the various forces of acculturation and, ultimately, by high levels of exogamy and the cessation of immigration from Wales.

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移民身份和文化维护：1880-1920 年美国宾夕法尼亚州克利尔菲尔德县的威尔士人

摘要 本文对 19 世纪末和 20 世纪初在宾夕法尼亚州克利尔菲尔德县的威尔士民族语言社区的性质进行了分析。该研究考虑了文化的维持，并表明尽管威尔士民族的完整性最初是由于语言能力、职业专业化和充满活力的文化机构的建立而得以维持的，但它被各种文化适应力量所破坏，并最终被高水平的外婚制和停止从威尔士移民。