People, Places and Passions

A Social History of Wales and the Welsh 1870–1948 Volume 1

Russell Davies (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

448 Seiten

2015
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78316-237-6 (ISBN)

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Russell Davies examines the social history of Wales in the years 1870–1948 and challenges a number of generally held views about Wales and the Welsh, offering an alternative history of idiosyncrasies and contradictions of both the country and the people.

The first of two volumes on the social history of Wales in the period 1870–1948, People, Places and Passions concentrates on the social events and changes which created and forged Wales into the mid-twentieth century. This volume considers a range of social changes little considered elsewhere by studies in Welsh history, accounting for the role played by the people of Wales in times of war and the age of the British Empire, and in technological change and innovation, as they travelled the developing capitalist and consumerist world in search of fame and fortune.

The audience includes academics and lay readers. The book's literary style and the fact that it follows earlier successful studies by the author should ensure an audience.

Contents
Prologue: Sources for a ‘sullen art’
Introduction: Private Lives: the individual and society
1 The structures of everyday life: endurance and endeavour
2 ‘Lead us into temptation’: consumerism, creativity and change
3 ‘Bonfire of the Vanities’: Ambition, Aspirations and Education.
4 ‘Ffair Wagedd’ - Vanity Fair: people, class and hierarchy
5 Hiraeth and Heartbreak - Wales and the World: curiosity, boldness and zest
6 ‘The Blood never dried’ - the Welsh in Empire: envy, greed and zeal
7 Ha! Ha! among the trumpets - a century of warfare : cowardice, courage and hatred
8 ‘Once more into the breach’: Wales and the Welsh go to war, again’: fear, terror and tragedy
L’Heure Bleue (The Blue Hour): a brief conclusion
Notes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.6.2015
Zusatzinfo	11 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-78316-237-6 / 1783162376
ISBN-13	978-1-78316-237-6 / 9781783162376
Zustand	Neuware