The Gwent County History, Volume 5 : The Twentieth Century

ISBN-13: 9780708326480 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 400 str.

Ralph Griffiths

Opis

Here Chris Williams and Andy Croll, two distinguished historians of twentieth-century Britain, particularly Wales, marshal seventeen fellow historians to describe the momentous twentieth-century history of southeast Wales. The book is the fifth and last volume in a comprehensive history of Gwent/Monmouthshire from prehistoric times to the present day. Chapters detail the two world wars and deep depression that tested the resilience of the county s people, as well as how the decline of mining and heavy industry shifted the balance of the county s economy. Others analyze the life and leisure of ordinary people; their cultural, intellectual, and sporting interests; their religion, which formerly bulked so large in their lives; and the changes in the landscape of town and country.
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