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.…mehr
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.
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 .
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Preface PART ONE: THE REAWAKENING, 1880-1914 1: Wales in the Eighties 2: The Liberal Ascendancy 3: Economic Progress and Social Conflict 4: The National Revival 5: The Edwardian High Noon PART TWO: THE ORDEAL, 1914-1945 6: The Crisis of War 7: The Post-War Mood 8: Wales's Locust Years 9: Welsh and Anglo-Welsh 10: The Labour Ascendancy PART THREE: THE RENEWAL, 1945-1980 11: Restructuring the Economy 12: The New Society 13: Nationalism and Devolution 14: Conclusion Bibliography Index
Preface PART ONE: THE REAWAKENING, 1880-1914 1: Wales in the Eighties 2: The Liberal Ascendancy 3: Economic Progress and Social Conflict 4: The National Revival 5: The Edwardian High Noon PART TWO: THE ORDEAL, 1914-1945 6: The Crisis of War 7: The Post-War Mood 8: Wales's Locust Years 9: Welsh and Anglo-Welsh 10: The Labour Ascendancy PART THREE: THE RENEWAL, 1945-1980 11: Restructuring the Economy 12: The New Society 13: Nationalism and Devolution 14: Conclusion Bibliography Index
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