The late Duncan Tanner was Professor of History at University of Wales, Bangor, and Director of the Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural AffairsChris Williams is Professor of History and Head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff UniversityAndrew Edwards is Senior Lecturer in History and Dean of Arts and Humanities at Bangor UniversityW. P. Griffith is Senior Lecturer in Welsh History at University of Wales, Bangor

• Introduction: Devolution, identity and British politics - Duncan TannerPART I: IMPERFECT EXAMPLES: IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND DEVOLVED GOVERNANCE1. Scotland and Devolution, 1880-1945 - Richard J. Finlay2. A Place Apart? Ulster, Britain and Devolution, 1886-1939 - D. George Boyce3. Irish Home Rule as devolutionary paradigm, 1914-39 - Deirdre McMahonPART II: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: DEVOLUTION IN WALES 1885-19454. Devolutionist Tendencies in Wales, 1885-1914 - Wil Griffith5. Some Conceptions of Welsh National Identity and Governance, 1918-39 - Andrew Edwards and Wil Griffith6. The Dilemmas of Nation and Class in Wales, 1914-45 - Chris WilliamsPART III: OPPOSITION AND ALTERNATIVES: BRITAIN, THE EMPIRE AND THE CONSTITUTION7. Devolution, Federalism and Imperial Circuitry: Ireland, South Africa and India - James McConnel and Matthew Kelly8. Conservatives, ‘Englishness’ and ‘Civic Nationalism’ between the Wars - Matthew Cragoe9. The Government of London - John Davis10. How Devolution Died: The British Labour party’s constitutional agenda 1900-45 - Duncan Tanner

The late Duncan Tanner was Professor of History at University of Wales, Bangor, and Director of the Welsh Institute for Social and Cultural AffairsChris Williams is Professor of History and Head of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff UniversityAndrew Edwards is Senior Lecturer in History and Dean of Arts and Humanities at Bangor UniversityW. P. Griffith is Senior Lecturer in Welsh History at University of Wales, Bangor

• Introduction: Devolution, identity and British politics - Duncan TannerPART I: IMPERFECT EXAMPLES: IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND DEVOLVED GOVERNANCE1. Scotland and Devolution, 1880-1945 - Richard J. Finlay2. A Place Apart? Ulster, Britain and Devolution, 1886-1939 - D. George Boyce3. Irish Home Rule as devolutionary paradigm, 1914-39 - Deirdre McMahonPART II: UNFINISHED BUSINESS: DEVOLUTION IN WALES 1885-19454. Devolutionist Tendencies in Wales, 1885-1914 - Wil Griffith5. Some Conceptions of Welsh National Identity and Governance, 1918-39 - Andrew Edwards and Wil Griffith6. The Dilemmas of Nation and Class in Wales, 1914-45 - Chris WilliamsPART III: OPPOSITION AND ALTERNATIVES: BRITAIN, THE EMPIRE AND THE CONSTITUTION7. Devolution, Federalism and Imperial Circuitry: Ireland, South Africa and India - James McConnel and Matthew Kelly8. Conservatives, ‘Englishness’ and ‘Civic Nationalism’ between the Wars - Matthew Cragoe9. The Government of London - John Davis10. How Devolution Died: The British Labour party’s constitutional agenda 1900-45 - Duncan Tanner