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Author : Geoff Brookes
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445639580
Total Pages : 194 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 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From post-war austerity to the start of the swinging sixties.
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 : 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 : Geraint H Jenkins
Publisher : Y Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 1847717616
Total Pages : 224 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 224 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 : Geoff Brookes
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445682990
Total Pages : 174 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 174 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 : 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.
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 : James A Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 178316008X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)
Download or read book Dylan Thomas's Swansea, Gower and Laugharne written by James A Davies and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Dylan Thomas died in 1953, his work has never been out of print and his notorious life continues to fascinate. To mark the centenary of Thomas's birth, Dylan Thomas's Swansea, Gower and Laugharne is being reprinted. This popular publication provides a detailed account of the relationship between Thomas's life, work and the three places that were most important to him. Illustrated throughout with photographs, this book takes the reader on a tour of the locations intimately connected with the poet, outlining the history and literary history of each area as well as Thomas's links with these places and his use of them in his work. The result is a unique literary guide for all those who are interested in Dylan Thomas and the places that shaped him, whether they are visitors to Swansea, Gower or Laugharne, or armchair travellers who would like to know more about the geographical and cultural associations of Thomas's writing.
Author : David Gwynn
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445693593
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Lost Swansea written by David Gwynn and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully illustrated description of Swansea’s well known, and lesser known, places that have been lost over the years.
Author : Roger Lovegrove
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408137909
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Birds in Wales written by Roger Lovegrove and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume sets out for the first time the historical and current status of all the bird species found in Wales together with their present distribution. The rugged countryside of Wales has long been a destination for successive generations of naturalists, ornithologists, oologists and, latterly, birdwatchers. Since the pioneering days of Willoughby and Ray, Pennant and Edward Llwyd, a growing number of intrepid travellers have recorded the wildlife and other natural riches of the mountains and coastlines of Wales. Despite these beginnings and the more recent twentieth century vogue for birdwatching, no volume on the birds of Wales has been produced until now to serve the increasing need for scientifically valid information for conservation purposes. In the years that have passed since the first naturalists visited Wales, changes of unimaginable scale have taken place in the Welsh countryside which have had equally dramatic impacts on the native bird communities. A succession of bird species have either been eliminated deliberately by the hand of man - mainly birds of prey - or have been dispossessed by changes in land use, the spread of industrialisation, urbanisation and pollution, trends which continue today to the increasing detriment of even some of our most familiar countryside birds. Much fine habitat remains however, and new species have come in to colonise Wales and add to the magic of its countryside. The three authors, all staff of the RSPB in Wales, have between them an accumulated experience of some 80 years of first-hand knowledge of birds in the Principality. Their knowledge and love of the birds and Wales itself makes this authoritative volume a landmark both in Welsh and ornithological publishing.
Author : Martin Johnes
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847795064
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)
Download or read book Wales since 1939 written by Martin Johnes and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-18 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The period since 1939 saw more rapid and significant change than any other time in Welsh history. Wales developed a more assertive identity of its own and some of the apparatus of a nation state. Yet its economy floundered between boom and bust, its traditional communities were transformed and the Welsh language and other aspects of its distinctiveness were undermined by a globalizing world. Wales was also deeply divided by class, language, ethnicity, gender, religion and region. Its people grew wealthier, healthier and more educated but they were not always happier. 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.
Author : K. Gildart
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230293484
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Labour Biography written by K. Gildart and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume XIII of the Dictionary of Labour Biography maintains the standard of original and thorough scholarship for which the series has earned its outstanding reputation. A unique study of nineteenth and twentieth century British history, each entry is written by a specialist and engages with recent developments in the field of labour history.
Author : Glanmor Williams
Publisher : C. Davies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Swansea written by Glanmor Williams and published by C. Davies. This book was released on 1990 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Geoff Brookes
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445656000
Total Pages : 96 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 96 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 : Pete Daniel
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1682261972
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (822 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: "In Curating the American Past, Pete Daniel takes readers behind the "Staff Only" door at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History to reveal how curators collect objects, plan exhibits, navigate public-sector politics, and bring alive the events, characters, and concepts that define our shared history"--
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.
