Rebirth of a Nation Wales 1880-1980

by Morgan, Kenneth O.

• ISBN13: 9780198217602
• ISBN10: 0198217609
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-12-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In Rebirth of a Nation the acclaimed historian Kenneth O. Morgan provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive analysis of modern Welsh history. Taking as its starting-point 1880, the book covers all aspects of the nations history from political, social, economic and religious development to literary, intellectual, and sporting achievement. His absorbing account spans the years of Liberal ascendancy and of national renaissance from 1880 to 1914; the period of economic depression, the rise of the Labour Party, and tension between Welsh and Anglo-Welsh from 1914 to 1945; culminating in a new sense of national identity following the Second World War.

Author Biography

Kenneth O. Morgan is Research Professor of the University of Wales and Honorary Fellow of The Queens College, Oxford. His many books include Labour People: Leaders and Lieutenants, Hardie to Kinnock, The People's Peace: British History, 1945-1990, and most recently Callaghan: A Life (OUP, 1997). He is the editor of the Oxford Illustrated History of Britain.

Table of Contents

Preface

The Reawakening, 1880-1914

Wales in the Eighties

The Liberal Ascendancy

Economic Progress and Social Conflict

The National Revival

The Edwardian High Noon

The Ordeal, 1914-1945

The Crisis of War

The Post-War Mood

Wales's Locust Years

Welsh and Anglo-Welsh

The Labour Ascendancy

The Renewal, 1945-1980

Restructuring the Economy

The New Society

Nationalism and Devolution

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

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