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Death of Captain Cook
No aspect of the voyages of Captain Cook have been more controversial than Cook’s death. This book reprints one of the classic accounts of this episode, the vivid and lively…
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Debating Dialect
Robert Penhallurick is Lecturer in English Language at the University of Wales Swansea as well as the curator of the Archive of Welsh English. He is the author of The…
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Decision Making in Secondary Education
“Dr Geen’s study begins with an account of educational policy before and immediately after the war. Interestingly, Cardiff had made no progress nor even shown any commitment to implementing the…
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Delineating Wales
Richard Rawlings is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His major works include Law and Administration (2nd edn, 1997) (with Carol Harlow), Grievance Procedure…
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Democracy in a Depression
Malcolm Smith is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wales Lampeter Editor’s FowardAcknowledgements Forward 1. Historians and the DepressionForwardForwardForward2. The Economy: The End of British Hegemony3. Society and Government4. Cultures:…
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Democratic Rhondda
“ . . . his landmark study . . . has taken an earth-mover to the historical landscape: hereafter we look at a different political prospect. His questions and approach…
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Devolution in Wales
1937-1979 was a distinctive period in the political history of Wales. It began with a demand by MPs from all parties that a secretary of state be appointed, and ended…
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Diana’s Mourning
In the week following the death of Princess Diana, the media presented images of the entire British nation united in tearful, hysterical grief to mourn their “People’s Princess.” However, despite…
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Diana’s Mourning
“This soundly researched and eminently readable volume is the first rigorous, impartial analysis of popular attitudes and media coverage and bias during early September 1997. Using the results of a…
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Dictionary of Welsh and English Idiomatic Phrases
Alun Rhys Cownie is a retired university lecturer. He was born in Cardiff and now lives in Pwllheli, where he has learnt Welsh. Wyn G. Roberts is a retired primary…
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Disasters and Heroes
Images of war and its commemoration are an everyday presence in contemporary culture, from the embedded reporter in the field to the Last Post at the Menin Gate. Disasters and…
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Disasters and Heroes
Images of war and its commemoration are an everyday presence in contemporary culture, from the embedded reporter in the field to the Last Post at the Menin Gate. Disasters and…