A History of Modern Wales 1536-1990
Auteur : Jenkins Philip
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.
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.
Date de parution : 12-2016
13.8x21.6 cm
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Mots-clés :
merthyr; tydfil; iolo; morganwg; welsh; politics; west; glamorgan; donats; south; Young Men; National Library; Iolo Morganwg; Lady Charlotte Guest; Plas Newydd; Central Borderlands; South Wales Coal Owners; Glamorganshire Canals; Picton Castle; Cefn Coed; RAF Station; Cymdeithas Yr Iaith; Powis Castle; Baron Hill; South Pembrokeshire; Noah Ablett; Superb; Lord Penrhyn; St Asaph; Cymru Fydd; Wales Press; Welsh History; Port Talbot; Iorwerth Peate; Cymdeithas Yr Iaith Gymraeg