Wales since 1939

Wales since 1939
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 439
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ISBN-10 : 9781847795069
ISBN-13 : 1847795064
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Wales since 1939 by : Martin Johnes

Download or read book Wales since 1939 written by Martin Johnes and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period since 1939 saw more rapid and significant change than any other time in Welsh history. Wales developed a more assertive identity of its own and some of the apparatus of a nation state. Yet its economy floundered between boom and bust, its traditional communities were transformed and the Welsh language and other aspects of its distinctiveness were undermined by a globalizing world. Wales was also deeply divided by class, language, ethnicity, gender, religion and region. Its people grew wealthier, healthier and more educated but they were not always happier. This ground-breaking book examines the story of Wales since 1939, giving voice to ordinary people and the variety of experiences within the nation. This is a history of not just a nation, but of its residents’ hopes and fears, their struggles and pleasures and their views of where they lived and the wider world.

Soccer and Society

Soccer and Society
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015058264162
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Book Synopsis Soccer and Society by : Martin Johnes

Download or read book Soccer and Society written by Martin Johnes and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1927, Welsh football reached a peak when Cardiff City beat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final. The game's popularity had grown at a notable rate in early 20th-century south Wales and, by 1939, football was an integral part of the region's popular culture.

Wales: England's Colony

Wales: England's Colony
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Publisher : Parthian Books
Total Pages : 120
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ISBN-10 : 9781912681563
ISBN-13 : 1912681560
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Book Synopsis Wales: England's Colony by : Martin Johnes

Download or read book Wales: England's Colony written by Martin Johnes and published by Parthian Books. This book was released on 2019-08-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Conquest, Assimilation, and Re-birth of a NationFROM THE VERY BEGINNINGS OF WALES, ITS PEOPLE HAVE DEFINED THEMSELVES AGAINST THEIR LARGE NEIGHBOUR. That relationship has defined both what it has meant to be Welsh and Wales as a nation. Yet the relationship has not always been a happy one and never one between equals. Wales was England's first colony and its conquest was by military force. It was later formally annexed, ending its separate legal status. Yet most of the Welsh reconciled themselves to their position and embraced the economic and individual opportunities being part of Britain and its Empire offered. Only in the later half of the twentieth century, in response to the decline of the Welsh language and traditional industry, did Welsh nationalism grow.This book tells the fascinating story of an uneasy and unequal relationship between two nations living side-by-side. It examines Wales' story from its creation to the present day, considering key moments such as medieval conquest, industrial exploitation, the Blue Books, and the flooding of Cwm Tryweryn.Wales: England's Colony? challenges us to reconsider Wales' historical relationship with England and its place in the world.

Our Mothers' Land

Our Mothers' Land
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Publisher : University of Wales Press
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9781783162871
ISBN-13 : 1783162872
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Our Mothers' Land by : Angela V John

Download or read book Our Mothers' Land written by Angela V John and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume marks the twentieth anniversary of the first publication of this groundbreaking book. It reflects the pioneering research of its contributors to the development of modern Welsh women’s history. The eight chapters range widely across time (1830-1939) and place, from exploring working class women’s community sanctions and the perils facing collier’s wife to the very different lifestyles of ironmasters’ wives. They also tackle the idealised images of respectable Welsh women in periodicals and the tragic reality of those who took their own lives as well as showing us the transgressive actions of suffrage rebels. They examine how women carved out space within movements such as temperance and track the fluctuating fortunes of women’s employment and domestic life from the Great War to the eve of the Second World War. This volume makes available once more a book that has become a classic in its field and a vital part of the historiography of modern Wales. This expanded edition also brings us up to date. It reveals the research and publications of the last two decades and comments upon the extent to which Wales has moved beyond being the familiar ‘land of our fathers’. Written in a lively and accessible style, it nevertheless draws upon a wealth of research and expertise and should appeal to both the academic community and to a much wider readership.

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 514
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ISBN-10 : 9781439164938
ISBN-13 : 1439164932
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Book Synopsis How Green Was My Valley by : Richard Llewellyn

Download or read book How Green Was My Valley written by Richard Llewellyn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How Green Was My Valley" is Richard Llewellyn's bestselling -- and timeless -- classic and the basis of a beloved film. As Huw Morgan is about to leave home forever, he reminisces about the golden days of his youth when South Wales still prospered, when coal dust had not yet blackened the valley. Drawn simply and lovingly, with a crisp Welsh humor, Llewellyn's characters fight, love, laugh and cry, creating an indelible portrait of a people.

New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History

New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History
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Publisher : University of Wales Press
Total Pages : 286
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ISBN-10 : 9781786835017
ISBN-13 : 1786835010
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Book Synopsis New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History by : Louise Miskell

Download or read book New Perspectives on Welsh Industrial History written by Louise Miskell and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume tells a story of Welsh industrial history different from the one traditionally dominated by the coal and iron communities of Victorian and Edwardian Wales. Extending the chronological scope from the early eighteenth- to the late twentieth-century, and encompassing a wider range of industries, the contributors combine studies of the internal organisation of workplace and production with outward-facing perspectives of Welsh industry in the context of the global economy. The volume offers important new insights into the companies, the employers, the markets and the money behind some of the key sectors of the Welsh economy – from coal to copper, and from steel to manufacturing – and challenges us to reconsider what we think of as constituting ‘industry’ in Wales.

British Immigration Policy Since 1939

British Immigration Policy Since 1939
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9781134776627
ISBN-13 : 1134776624
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Book Synopsis British Immigration Policy Since 1939 by : Ian R.G. Spencer

Download or read book British Immigration Policy Since 1939 written by Ian R.G. Spencer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first survey of British Immigration policy to include both its pre-World War Two origins and its development after the crucial 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act. An accessible introduction to a subject of increasing popularity.