Intelligent Town by Louise Miskell
This is the first full-length study of Swansea's urban development from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. It tells the little known story of how Swansea gained an unrivalled position of influence as an urban centre, which led it briefly to claim to be the 'metropolis of Wales', and how it then lost this status in the face of rapid urban development elsewhere in Wales. As such it provides an important new perspective on Welsh urban history in which the role of Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil and even Bristol are better known as towns of influence in Welsh urban life. It also offers an analysis of how Swansea's experience of urbanisation fits into the wider picture of British urban history.-
The North Wales Quarrymen, 1874-1922
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Wales and Socialism
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The Women's Suffrage Movement in Wales, 1866-1928
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War and Society in Medieval Wales 633-1283
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Wales and the Crusades
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Aftermath
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Political Power in Medieval Gwynedd
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The South Wales Miners
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The Communist Party of Great Britain and the National Question in Wales, 1920-1991
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Cardiganshire and the Cardi, c.1760-c.2000
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Urban Assimilation in Post-Conquest Wales
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The Opposition to the Great War in Wales 1914-1918
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The Labyrinth of Flames
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A Forgotten Army
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Soccer and Society in South Wales, 1900-1939
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Learning, Law and Religion
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Labour's Crisis
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Devolution in Wales
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Emlyn Hooson and the Welsh Liberal Party, 1962-1979
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The Lordship of Denbigh 1282-1543
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Waging War and Building Peace
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Leaders and Teachers
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Immigration and Integration
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Wales in America
"This is a marvellous book, lucid, lively and well written which shifts the focus of Welsh history in the early nineteenth-century away from the well-ploughed path to Merthyr and engages with a civic place in which science and learning were valuedIt asks new questions not simply about Swansea but also about the whole industrial and urban experience of Wales in the early nineteenth century." - Neil Evans, Cardiff University "...a consistently absorbing account of Swansea's own mini-Enlightenment. It is a groundbreaking and challenging model for the further analysis of the formative influence of such elites elsewhere in Wales." Nigel Jenkins, Planet, Issue 181"This is an admirable 'urban history', beautifully written throughout, and fascinating because it turns the spotlight on ignored and neglected features of our history, the urban middle classes."Prys Morgan, Morgannwg, Volume L 2006
Dr Louise Miskell is a lecturer in History at Swansea University of Wales.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780708325100 |
| ISBN 10 | 0708325106 |
| Title | Intelligent Town |
| Author | Louise Miskell |
| Series | Studies In Welsh History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Wales Press |
| Year published | 2011-12-08 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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