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Author : Geoff Brookes
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445639580
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Swansea in the 1950s written by Geoff Brookes and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From post-war austerity to the start of the swinging sixties.
Author : David Gwynn
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750995866
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Little History of Swansea written by David Gwynn and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has changed in Swansea over the years and this short but comprehensive history chronicles the development of the city from the earliest times to today. The Little History of Swansea traces the growth of the medieval town, the rise of the Port of Swansea, the industrial heritage of the area and the fate that befell the town during the Second World War. Here you can read about the odd and unusual happenings, as well as the more traditional history that has made the city what it is today.
Author : Ethel Ross
Publisher : Parthian
ISBN 13 : 9781910901779
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Ugly, Lovely written by Ethel Ross and published by Parthian. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ugly, Lovely: Dylan's Swansea and Carmarthenshire of the 1950s in Pictures is a touching collection of Ethel's photos accompanied by quotes from Dylan Thomas' poetry and her own comments.
Author : Geoff Brookes
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445682990
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Swansea in 50 Buildings written by Geoff Brookes and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rich and fascinating history of Swansea through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.
Author : Geraint H Jenkins
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 1847717616
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)
Download or read book Proud to be a Swan - The History of Swansea City FC written by Geraint H Jenkins and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swansea City Football Club celebrates its centenary in 2012. This book traces the history of the club and gives details of momentous events on and off the pitch since 1912.
Author : David Gwynn
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750995866
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Little History of Swansea written by David Gwynn and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has changed in Swansea over the years and this short but comprehensive history chronicles the development of the city from the earliest times to today.The Little History of Swansea traces the growth of the medieval town, the rise of the Port of Swansea, the industrial heritage of the area and the fate that befell the town during the Second World War.Here you can read about the odd and unusual happenings, as well as the more traditional history that has made the city what it is today.
Author : Sam Blaxland
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1786836084
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Swansea University written by Sam Blaxland and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swansea University: Campus and Community in a Post-War World, 1945–2020 marks Swansea University’s centenary. It is a study of post- Second World War academic and social change in Britain and its universities, as well as an exploration of shifts in youth culture and the way in which higher education institutions have interacted with people and organisations in their regions. It covers a range of important themes and topics, including architectural developments, international scholars, the changing behaviours of students, protest and politics, and the multi-layered relationships that are formed between academics, young people and the wider communities of which they are a part. Unlike most institutional histories, it takes a ‘bottom-up’ approach and focuses on the thoughts, feelings and behaviours of people like students and non-academic staff who are normally sidelined in such accounts. As it does so, it utilises a large collection of oral history testimonies collected specifically for this book; and, throughout, it explores how formative, paradoxical and unexpected university life can be.
Author : F. M. L. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521438162
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950 written by F. M. L. Thompson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whilst in certain quarters it may be fashionable to suppose that there is no such thing as society historians have had no difficulty in finding their subject. The difficulty, rather, is that the advance has occurred through such an outpouring of research and writing that it is hard for anyone but the specialist to keep up with the literature or grasp the overall picture. In these three volumes, as is the tradition in Cambridge Histories, a team of specialists has assembled the jigsaw of recent monographic research and presented an interpretation of the development of modern British society since 1750, from three complementary perspectives: those of regional communities, of the working and living environment, and of social institutions. Each volume is self-contained, and each contribution, thematically defined, contains its own chronology of the period under review. Taken as a whole they offer an authoritative and comprehensive view of the manner and method of the shaping of society in the two centuries of unprecedented demographic and economic change.
Author : Charles, Nickie
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 9781861347886
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (478 download)
Download or read book Families in Transition written by Charles, Nickie and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the specific ways in which family lives have changed and how they have been affected by the major structural and cultural changes of the second half of the twentieth century.
Author : Jen Wilson
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 178683409X
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)
Download or read book Freedom Music written by Jen Wilson and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2019-04-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories within its pages will attract not only social and political historians, but feminists, jazz fans, academics interested in African American cultural interchange, and general readers fascinated by the cast of characters who played and danced to the music, despite warnings from the pulpit that degenerate youth were destined for hell and damnation. Freedom Music will enable readers to learn of an innovative side of Wales previously hidden from history. The music appealed to Wales’ vibrant youth, and those not part of the mainstream culture of chapels, choirs and male voice choirs. This study highlights gender, misogyny and discrimination within jazz music in Wales. This studies focuses on the history of African American music in Wales, Welsh women’s contribution to jazz in Wales. Cultural innovation by women entrepreneurs during and from the First World War.
Author : Pete Daniel
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1610757645
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Curating the American Past written by Pete Daniel and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2022-02-04 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As is well known, Pete is an outstanding storyteller, and this book is no exception." —Claire Strom, Journal of Southern History In addition to chronicling significant exhibit work at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Curating the American Past, captures the excitement inherent in researching and writing history and Pete Daniel’s efforts to prevent diluted celebratory stories from replacing the red meat of the American past. In Curating the American Past, Pete Daniel reveals how curators collect objects, plan exhibits, and bring alive the country’s complex and exciting history. In vivid detail, Daniel recounts the exhilaration of innovative research, the joys of collaboration, and the rewards of mentoring new generations of historians. In a career distinguished by prize-winning publications and pathbreaking exhibitions, Daniel also confronted the challenges of serving as a public historian tasked with protecting a definitive American museum from the erosion of scholarly standards. Curating the American Past offers a wealth of museum wisdom, illuminating the crucial role that dedicated historians and curators serve within our most important repositories of cultural memory.
Author : Martin Pugh
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407051555
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Speak for Britain! written by Martin Pugh and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written at a critical juncture in the history of the Labour Party, Speak for Britain! is a thought-provoking and highly original interpretation of the party's evolution, from its trade union origins to its status as a national governing party. It charts Labour's rise to power by re-examining the impact of the First World War, the general strike of 1926, Labour's breakthrough at the 1945 general election, the influence of post-war affluence and consumerism on the fortunes and character of the party, and its revival after the defeats of the Thatcher era. Controversially, Pugh argues that Labour never entirely succeeded in becoming 'the party of the working class'; many of its influential recruits - from Oswald Mosley to Hugh Gaitskell to Tony Blair - were from middle and upper-class Conservative backgrounds and rather than converting the working class to socialism, Labour adapted itself to local and regional political cultures.
Author : Jonathan Hollowell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470758171
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Britain Since 1945 written by Jonathan Hollowell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive overview of Britain's development since the end of the Second World War. It comprises 23 contributions from leading authorities and newer scholars, set in context with a foreword by Raymond Seitz. A comprehensive and fascinating introduction to Britain from the end of the Second World War Draws together the themes that have dominated discussion amongst scholars and media commentators The chapters are set in context with a foreword by Raymond Seitz Covers topics such as foreigh policy, political parties, the media, race relations, women and social change, science and IT, culture, industrial relations, the welfare state, and political and economic issues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Author : Brian Elliott
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473834651
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors written by Brian Elliott and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A meticulous mixture of social and family history . . . Whether or not you have mining connections, this is an interesting socio-economic read.” —Your Family Tree In the 1920s there were over a million coalminers working in over 3000 collieries across Great Britain, and the industry was one of the most important and powerful in British history. It dominated the lives of generations of individuals, their families, and communities, and its legacy is still with us today—many of us have a coalmining ancestor. Yet family historians often have problems in researching their mining forebears. Locating the relevant records, finding the sites of the pits, and understanding the work involved and its historical background can be perplexing. That is why Brian Elliott’s concise, authoritative and practical handbook will be so useful, for it guides researchers through these obstacles and opens up the broad range of sources they can go to in order to get a vivid insight into the lives and experiences of coalminers in the past. His overview of the coalmining history—and the case studies and research tips he provides—will make his book rewarding reading for anyone looking for a general introduction to this major aspect of Britain’s industrial heritage. His directory of regional and national sources and his commentary on them will make this guide an essential tool for family historians searching for an ancestor who worked in coalmining underground, on the pit top or just lived in a mining community. As featured in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine and the Barnsley Chronicle.
Author : Geoff Brookes
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445656000
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book A-Z of Swansea written by Geoff Brookes and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the fascinating history of Swansea in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to the city's people and places.
Author : Robert Thomas Jenkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941-1970 written by Robert Thomas Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an English version of the corresponding Welsh dictionaries, Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig, 1941-1950, and Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig, 1951-1970, and includes the amendments found in the appendices to these earlier dictionaries.
Author : Stuart Davies
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526776022
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book South Wales Railways Gallery written by Stuart Davies and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-12-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its peak, the South Wales railway network was one of the most complex in the world. Its primary purpose was to transport Coal from source to point of consumption or export via the various docks. To this was added the other raw materials necessary for making Iron and ultimately Steel, together with the respective products of that industry. True, there was no glory in this day to day phenomenon and as a consequence, the area has been poorly represented in the annals of the British railway network. Even that paragon of railway publicity the Great Western, found easier plums to pick elsewhere on its system. However, in addition to the GW, the area was a magnet for the London & North Western, the Midland Railway and not to be forgotten, the 15 indigenous companies. Yet, in terms of traffic, engineering enterprise, operating practices and locomotive types, the area boasted an unequaled variety which this book attempts to reflect. Many of the photographs have not been published before and capture an essence of the variety to be found. The captions contain extensive details to supplement the photographic record enabling a more comprehensive appreciation and understanding of what was involved. It is difficult to appreciate the railway was once a “Common Carrier” obliged to convey any consignment offered. Even though Coal was predominant other traffic, including the more unusual, are also featured; Although of secondary importance in regard to revenue, Passenger services were carefully dovetailed into the intensive freight operation and matched any other location’s provision. After the 1923 Grouping, the GW became the major player in South Wales. It absorbed all 15 of the independent companies and further extended its policy of standardization. Nevertheless, where the smaller companies demonstrated good practices, these were embraced. The L&NW and MR elements became LMSR but still remained far flung tentacles from the parent. All this is recognized here albeit in proportion. The Gallery aims to provide a flavor of what the railways of South Wales had to offer and enlighten the reader as to its major part in the national network.
