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The Welsh Language
This accessible and comprehensive introduction traces the development of the Welsh language from its origins, which extend back at least 2,500 years within Britain, to the present day, when about…
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These Poor Hands
First published in 1939, These Poor Hands was an instant best-seller, catapulting its author, B. L. Coombes, to the front rank of proletarian writers. Coombes was born in England, but…
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Towneley Cycle
This volume provides a detailed overview of the Towneley cycle of plays, which were written c. 1500. The plays begin with the fall of Lucifer and end with the Last…
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Trioedd Ynys Prydein
Rachel Bromwich’s magisterial edition of Trioedd Ynys Prydein has long won its place as a classic of Celtic studies. This substantially revised edition shows the author’s continued mastery of the…
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Tudor Wales
A series which breaks entirely new ground in the study of the history of Wales. The editors commissioned material from some of the most eminent historians working in Welsh history…
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Twentieth-Century Writing and the British Working Class
Although many writers have insisted on the death of class, and in particular the demise of the working class, Twentieth-Century Writing and the British Working Class draws extensively on the…
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Unemployment, Poverty, and Health in Interwar South Wales
The economic depression of the interwar period marks a fundamental turning-point in Welsh history, and in particular the history of south Wales, when decades of breakneck industrialisation, urbanisation and in-migration…
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Uwe Timm
Uwe Timm belongs to the generation of writers whose early careers were shaped by personal experience of the student movement in the Federal Republic of the late 1960s. Heißer Sommer,…
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Valleys of Song
Like all clichés, Wales as ‘the Land of Song’ has a solid basis in historical fact. Welsh choral singing was a form of popular culture in the nineteenth century. Crowds…
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Victorian School-days in Wales
The author traces the development of primary education in Wales over four centuries and looks in detail at education during the 1800s. Preface Education in Wales up to 1800 The…
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Virtually Islamic
This is the first broad-ranging academic survey to explore how Islam and the internet combine and interact.Information technology is now making a global impact on how Muslims approach and interpret…
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Vita Griffini Filii Conani
The long lost, original Latin text for Vita Griffini Filii Conani is shown with an English translation in this critical edition. The main focus of this volume is on the…