A history of modern Wales 1536-1990
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A history of modern Wales 1536-1990
Longman, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"Transferred to digital print on demand 2002" --t.p.verso of 2002 printing
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ISBN 9780582489240
Description
Wales can be described as England's oldest colonial conquest, but centuries of political subjection have not destroyed the Welsh identity. The existence and survival of Wales thus represents one of the least understood parts of the "British Question" in national politics, the quest for a proper relationship between England and its Celtic neighbours. This book describes how the older Welsh elites merged their fortunes with those of the emerging British state, while being slow to renounce traditional cultural and linguistic loyalties. This history stresses the long-standing patterns of continuity that mark so many features of Welsh life, with a strong emphasis on the distinctive political and religious traditions to be found in the numerous separate communities that comprise the wider nation of Wales. This sense of local particularism and identity is seen as one of the strengths of Welsh life, yet at the same time as a major obstacle to any quest for national identity. In addition, the book emphasizes the long-established Welsh tradition of using history as a weapon in current political and religious struggles.
Though the consequences have not been as lethal as in Ireland, Welsh historians have often generated and transmitted powerful myths about past persecutions and triumphs; and a major concern of the book is to understand this process of myth-making.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Welsh society: early modern society
- "Yr Uchelwyr" the landed elite
- Welsh language and culture. Part 2 church and state 1536-1800: the state
- the religious revolution
- the 17th-century crisis
- religion and revivalism
- Welsh politics in the 18th century. Part 3 Industry and nonconformity: the Nonconformist triumph 1780-1914
- the coming of industry
- consequences
- the politics of protest 1790-1860
- the old order. Part 4 Modern Wales: inventing a nation
- liberal Wales 1868-1920
- "Red Wales" - the socialist tradition
- economy and society 1920-1990
- a nation once again?
- historical writing in Wales.
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: pbk ISBN 9780582489257
Description
Rich in detail but vigorous, authoritative and unsentimental, A History ofModern 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.
Table of Contents
1. Introductory: Which Wales? Part 1: Welsh society. 2. Early modern society. 3. Yr uchelwyr: the Welsh gentry
Part 2: Church and State 1536-1800. 5. The State. 6. The seventeenth century crisis. 8. Religion and revivalism 1680-1780. 9. Welsh politics in the eighteenth century. Part 3: Industry and nonconformity. 10. The nonconformist triumph 1780-1860. 11. The coming of industry. 12. Consequences. 13. The politics of protest 1790-1860. 14. The old order. Part 4: Modern Wales. 15. Inventing a nation: Wales 1840-1880. 16. Liberal Wales 1886-1920. 17. 'Red Wales' - the socialist tradition. 18. Economy and society 1920-1990. 19. A nation once again?
20. Historical writing in Wales. Maps. Index.
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