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Book Synopsis The Entrepreneurial Society of the Rhondda Valleys, 1840-1920 by : Richard Griffiths
Download or read book The Entrepreneurial Society of the Rhondda Valleys, 1840-1920 written by Richard Griffiths and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to examine in a systematic way the entrepreneurial society of the Welsh Valleys. Until now, almost everything written about the society created by the Welsh coal industry has been about the workers and the unions, and there has been a significant gap, which needed to be filled if a rounded picture of life in the south Wales valleys during the coal boom was to be achieved. The book looks at the various sources of wealth in the area - coal owning, railway building, possession of land in crucial areas, contracting, building, property development, shopkeeping - and at the various origins from which the first-generation entrepreneurs came. It then examines closely the networks of power and influence that built up among the second-generation entrepreneurs in the close and claustrophobic middle-class society of the Porth-Pontypridd area. Its method is to take one extended family central to that society, together with its vast network of friends and collaborators, and to examine in great detail, from original sources, the often hair-raising business methods of these people, as well as their conflicts of interest at times of industrial unrest. At the same time, the changes in Valleys life are mirrored in the history of this group: the original 'rags-to-riches' stories of so many of the first generation; the self-sufficient confidence of so many of the second generation, for whom the coal boom seemed bound to last for ever; and the gradual move, thereafter, out of the coal industry and down to the towns on the coast, just in time to avoid the decline of the industry.
Book Synopsis The Rhondda Valleys by : Evan David Lewis
Download or read book The Rhondda Valleys written by Evan David Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Dictionary of British and Irish History by : Robert Peberdy
Download or read book A Dictionary of British and Irish History written by Robert Peberdy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and extensive resource for British and Irish history Quickly access basic information on the history of the British Isles from this reliable resource. A Dictionary of British and Irish History provides concise information covering all periods of prehistory and history for every part of the British Isles. Within this one book, you'll find summary accounts of events, biographies, definitions of terms, and far more. Using alphabetically organized headwords, readers will easily locate the content and details they seek. A Dictionary of British and Irish History not only serves as a reference tool, but also stimulates broader learning. Entries are interrelated and cross-referenced to help you expand your knowledge of different areas of history. Discover comparable entries on England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales See overviews of major topics and historical events Get facts instantly or browse entries Use the Dictionary as an information source or a launch point for expanding knowledge This reference book will become an essential resource for students of British and Irish history as well as for professionals, journalists, teachers, and those who use historical information in their work. Further, anyone wanting to establish the basics of the history of the British Isles will find this a valuable addition to their library.
Book Synopsis The Taff Vale Railway Company, Plaintiffs, V. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, Richard Bell, James Holmes, Philip Hewlett, George W. Alcock and John Pilcher, Defendants by : Taff Vale Railway Company
Download or read book The Taff Vale Railway Company, Plaintiffs, V. The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, Richard Bell, James Holmes, Philip Hewlett, George W. Alcock and John Pilcher, Defendants written by Taff Vale Railway Company and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Railways and Industry in the Tondu Valleys by : John Hodge
Download or read book Railways and Industry in the Tondu Valleys written by John Hodge and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of a Welsh railway hub and the coal companies and passengers it has served. The book begins with a history of the industrial development of the Tondu Valleys, including the succession of great industrialists who led the way in the area. This is followed by a chapter on the position of the Tondu Valleys in the South Wales Coalfield with colliery and colliery company details. Railway passenger services are next covered, followed by railway coal services. Then follows a detailed account of the sole railway depot that covered all the operations in the Tondu Valleys. A location-specific account then follows of Llynfi Valley detailing both railway and colliery aspects, following the line from Bridgend, through Tondu, and all locations to Cymmer Afan and on to the original terminus at Abergwynfi, then from Blaengwynfi through the Rhondda Tunnel to Treherbert. The north end of the South Wales Mineral Railway became an adjunct to the Tondu Valley with the closure of the former Rhondda & Swansea Bay line and this is also included in similar detail. The closure of the passenger service in 1970 and renaissance of a new service from Maesteg to Cardiff in 1992 concludes the account. Detailed appendices of operating statistics completes this very comprehensive account. The book is the fullest account ever produced of this part of the South Wales scene and is a must for anyone interested in either the railway or mining activities (or both) in this part of South Wales. A further volume covering the Ogmore & Garw Valleys (and associated lines) and the Porthcawl branch is also available.
Book Synopsis People, Places and Themes by : Mike Ridout
Download or read book People, Places and Themes written by Mike Ridout and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 2002 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook follows the structure of the Bristol Project (OCR Syllabus C). It can be used as a stand-alone resource or alongside the core book as the pagination is identical. The text has been simplified to make it suitable for low-ability students, and covers skills, techniques and coursework.
Book Synopsis Children's Geographies by : Sarah L. Holloway
Download or read book Children's Geographies written by Sarah L. Holloway and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-11-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children's Geographies is an overview of a rapidly expanding area of cutting edge research. Drawing on original research and extensive case studies in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, the book analyses children's experiences of playing, living and learning. The diverse case studies range from an historical analysis of gender relationss in nineteenth century North American playgrounds through to children's experiences of after school care in contemporary Britain, to street cultures amongst homeless children in Indonesia at the end of the twentieth century. Threaded through this empirical diversity, is a common engagement with current debates about the nature of childhood. The individual chapters draw on contemporary sociological understandings of children's competence as social actors. In so doing they not only illustrate the importance of such an approach to our understandings of children's geographies, they also contribute to current debates about spatiality in the social studies of childhood.
Book Synopsis We Sang and Whistled Then by : John H Evans
Download or read book We Sang and Whistled Then written by John H Evans and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a magic to music—a feeling created that removes one from the humdrum constraints of everyday life to a wonderful make-believe world where, as famous lyricist E. Y. (Yip) Harburg put it in ‘Over the Rainbow’, troubles melt like lemon drops and dreams really do come true. In this book, you’ll meet the men of the early twentieth century who wrote the most wonderful creative music the world has ever known. Their music was matched by the brilliance of the lyricists, who were indeed the poets of the modern age. These men created a superb anthology of popular music, a canon that today is justifiably known as the Great American Songbook.
Book Synopsis Cases Decided During the Sessions by the Court of Referees on Private Bills in Parliament by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Court of Referees
Download or read book Cases Decided During the Sessions by the Court of Referees on Private Bills in Parliament written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Court of Referees and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cases Decided During the Sessions, 1873-[1884] by : Frederick Clifford
Download or read book Cases Decided During the Sessions, 1873-[1884] written by Frederick Clifford and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cases Decided During the Sessions by the Court of Referees on Private Bills in Parliament: 1881-84 by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Court of Referees
Download or read book Cases Decided During the Sessions by the Court of Referees on Private Bills in Parliament: 1881-84 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Court of Referees and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Ironmasters' Bags by : Paul Reynolds
Download or read book The Ironmasters' Bags written by Paul Reynolds and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-06-19 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During its development and at the time that the south Wales iron industry was at its most successful the only way (other than by personal contact) in which contact between the different branches of the industry could be maintained was by letter. Thus the postal service ' both the General Post Office and a multiplicity of private posts ' made a vital contribution to the success of the industry which so far has received little attention. This work traces the development of the postal service in the south Wales valleys from its primitive state in the mid-18th century to what had become a recognisably modern postal service a hundred years later. It is based on information derived from the archives of the Post Office itself and of the various iron companies, from contemporary newspapers and from oral tradition recorded by later historians in the Valleys.
Download or read book O Little Town written by Mark Browse and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-04-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the best-known and best-loved hymns have tunes that are named after places. In this fascinating and entertaining book Mark Browse takes us on a tour of some of these places, discovering the stories behind the hymns and finding out how the tunes got their names. From Aberdeenshire to West Sussex, from Essex to Austria, from as far away as Jupiter to your own back-yard, it is a journey of surprising twists and turns. Along the way we meet not only priests and poets, but also murderers, seafarers, emperors and ploughmen.
Download or read book ThirdWay written by and published by . This book was released on 1990-12 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monthly current affairs magazine from a Christian perspective with a focus on politics, society, economics and culture.
Book Synopsis The Story of Glamorgan ... by : C. J. Evans
Download or read book The Story of Glamorgan ... written by C. J. Evans and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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