Welsh in Their History

This book, first published in 1982, is a sequence of interrelated essays and aims to redirect attention to some critical moments in Welsh history from Roman times to the present. Each of the essays breaks new ground, argues for a new approach or opens a new discourse.

List of contents

1. Welsh Wizard and British Empire: Dr John Dee and a Welsh Identity 2. Druids and Democrats: Organic Intellectuals and the First Welsh Nation 3. Locating a Welsh Working Class: the Frontier Years 4. The Merthyr Election of 1835 5. Dic Penderyn: Myth, Martyr and Memory in the Welsh Working Class 6. Ambiguous Hero: Hugh Owen and Liberal Wales 7. Imperial South Wales 8. When Was Wales?

About the author

Gwyn A. Williams

Summary

This book, first published in 1982, is a sequence of interrelated essays and aims to redirect attention to some critical moments in Welsh history from Roman times to the present. Each of the essays breaks new ground, argues for a new approach or opens a new discourse.

Product details

• Authors: Gwyn A. Williams, Williams Gwyn A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9781032274591
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227459-1
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Wales, European History, HISTORY / General, Social & cultural history, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history