Wales Since 1939

Informationen zum Autor Martin Johnes is Head of History and Classics at Swansea University Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. 'The waging of war', 1939-452. 'The spirit of reconstruction'1945-513. 'The hard times are finished': The coming of affluence, 1951-644. 'Promiscuous living': Youth culture and the permissive society, 1951-705. 'A new society': Class and urban communities, 1951-706. 'Life among the hills': The Welsh Way of Life, 1951-707. 'A cottonwool fuzz at the back of the mind': Language and nationhoods, 1951-708. 'Nationalists of many varieties', 1951-709. 'Black times': The Passing of Labour, 1966-8510. 'Under an acid rain': Debating the nations, 1970-8511. 'Adapt to the future': The Tory remaking of Wales, 1979-9712. 'Who's happy?': Social change since 197013. 'They don't belong here': The countryside since 197014. 'A nation once again', 1997-2009ConclusionIndex

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Johnes, Martin Johnes, Johnes Martin
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.05.2012
• EAN: 9780719086670
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8667-0
• Pagine: 480
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Wales, European History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, British & Irish history, Wales / Cymru