Do Miners Read Dickens?

The Origins and Progress of the South Wales Miners' Library

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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In 1983, two University Professors looked slightly bemused as they scanned the shelves of the South Wales Miners' Library. One said to the other, 'Do miners read Dickens?' We seek to answer that question, and a little more besides in this special fortieth anniversary volume. Preface by Rhodri Morgan. Foreword by Dai Smith.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-12-13
Mått:210 x 297 x 18 mm
Vikt:998 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:140
Förlag:Parthian Books
ISBN:9781909844445

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Hywel Francis is the Labour Member of Parliament for Aberavon. Siân Williams is the Librarian of the South Wales Miners’ Library at Swansea University.

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In 1983, two University Professors looked slightly bemused as they scanned the shelves of the South Wales Miners’ Library. One said to the other, ‘Do miners read Dickens?’ We seek to answer that question, and a little more besides. This special fortieth anniversary volume chronicles the origins of the Library out of the remnants of the magnificent Workmen’s Institute libraries, once described as ‘the brains of the Coalfield’. It charts its development over time to becoming a unique research and lifelong learning centre.