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Modern Wales
First published in 1984, this second edition of a highly-regarded survey of the history of Wales in modern times contains fully updated reference material and a new final chapter. "A clear, crisp and thoroughly sensible narrative which will prove a real boon to students and general readers."--The Times Literary Supplement
Women and Gender in Early Modern Wales
This collection of essays deals with the material, social and cultural experience of women in Wales from the 15th to the 18th centuries. It offers information and insight about every aspect of female experience, covering the more conventional aspects of life, such as religion, education and work, as well as a variety of other topics, such as violence, radicalism, embroidery and its connotations, festivals and poetic creativity. Some of the contributions, notably those on female abduction, witchcraft, needlework, and masculinity, have had light thrown upon them alongside such traditional topics as unionm reformation, Anglicanisation, the Civil War and revivals.
New Perspectives on Modern Wales
This book discusses issues of Welsh literature, history and the vernacular language of the devolved region of Wales (as a part of the United Kingdom of Northern Ireland and Great Britain). In this context, the volume sheds light on various aspects of the identity construction of a small nation with an endangered language, which is a P-Celtic tongue, known for exhibiting many features alien to Indo-European and SAE languages. All the issues tackled here are presented in diachronic and synchronic perspective, allowing for correlations to be drawn with similar problems faced by other cultures. As such, the volume will be of interest to anyone promoting Wales and Welsh culture within and outside the country, as well as journalists, politicians, linguists, literary scholars, historians, and those interested in areal studies focusing on the UK.
A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990
Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, A History of Modern Wales is a comprehensive and unromanticised examination of Wales as it was and is. It stresses both the long-term continuities in Welsh history, and also the significant regional differences within the principality.
Modern Wales
This work presents a series of studies that examine the impact of democracy and the growth of the idea of nationhood in the making of modern Wales. The author explains key aspects of the making of modern Wales in the 19th and 20th centuries. He discusses topics that include political issues from the age of Lloyd George to that of Nye Bevan, a variety of localities, both rural and industrial, and the major political personalities of the period. The book also covers the dominance of the Liberal Party to the World War I, the ascendancy of Labour from the 1920s to the 1990s, and the revived form of nationalism in recent times.
Understanding Contemporary Wales
This book introduces a social science-based analysis of Wales, providing a contemporary account of politics, culture, society and the economy of Wales. It will introduce and apply some key concepts, theories and debates regarding difference and identities in Wales. -- Welsh Books Council
From Medieval to Modern Wales
A collection of 16 historical essays compiled in honour of two notable present-day Welsh historians, namely Kenneth O. Morgan and Ralph A. Griffiths, comprising material reflecting the wide-ranging subjects discussed in The Welsh History Review/ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru, ably co-edited by both for almost 40 years. 9 black-and-white illustrations.
Merthyr, the Crucible of Modern Wales
For most of the nineteenth century Merthyr Tydfil was the largest urban settlement Wales had ever seen. Merthyr, The Crucible of Modern Wales, looks at Merthyr's rise to prominence and how it foretold the economic and social transformation of Welsh history. It was Merthyr, from the armed rising of 1831 to the electoral radicalism of 1868 and 1900, which led the way towards democracy and civic betterment in the teeth of material degradation and high-handed repression. This volume brings the whole epic history of Merthyr, from 1760 to 1912, into the focus of a fresh and utterly convincing perspective. For Modern Wales, see Merthyr, in a book which is a triumph of readability and intellectual passion.
The Crucible of Modern Wales
For most of the nineteenth century Merthyr Tydfil was the largest urban settlement Wales had ever seen. It was the Iron Capital of the world. It was, as the title of Merthyr native Joe England's magnificent history proclaims, The Crucible of Modern Wales.
