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31 produkter
Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts
Classic Texts in Welsh Medieval Studies
Häftad, 2027
500 kr
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Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts is the definitive scholarly collection of medieval Welsh manuscripts that are crucial to understanding early Welsh history through the lineages of royal houses, saints, and noble families from A.D. 300-1400.Published for the first time in paperback, and revised to …
SNP
The History of the Scottish National Party
Av Peter Lynch
Häftad, 2013
663 kr
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The first published history of the Scottish National Party, this highly acclaimed study reveals the inside story of the SNP's political, philosophical and electoral development from its foundation in 1934, to governing Scotland from 2007 and leading the country into the 2014 independence …
Religious History of Wales
Religious Life and Practice in Wales from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day
Av Richard C. Allen, David Ceri Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
341 kr
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An essential reference guide, this volume draws together an impressive collection of academics and religious practitioners to map out for the first time the religious multiplicity and diversity of Wales. For the first fifteen hundred years or so of its existence, the Christian Church in Wales was a …
Mebyon Kernow & Cornish Nationalism
Av Bernard Deacon, Dick Cole m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
292 kr
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Mebyon Kernow & Cornish Nationalism is the first book to fully address the issue of political nationalism in Cornwall. It traces the growth of a Cornish national consciousness through the twentieth century, to the foundation of Mebyon Kernow (the Party for Cornwall) in 1951 and its evolution from a …
Welsh Liberals
The History of the Liberal and Liberal Democrat Parties in Wales
Inbunden, 2013
985 kr
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Despite being Wales' oldest political party there has never been a published history of the Welsh Liberal Party or its successor, the Welsh Liberal Democrat Party. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the Welsh Liberal Party dominated Welsh politics and in the process, the Welsh …
Adult Learning, Adult Teaching
Av J.W. Daines, Carolyn Daines m. fl.
2006
241 kr
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Regarded as a classic text amongst teachers of adults and those working with adult groups in a variety of professional and adult community settings, "Adult Learning, Adult Teaching" has now been enlarged, updated and thoroughly revised for this fourth edition. This new fourth edition retains the …
Scottish Political Parties and 2014 Independence Referendum 2014
Häftad, 2014
270 kr
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Voters in Scotland face a fundamental choice about their future at the independence referendum on 18th September 2014 and political parties are key actors in this process. Though the referendum saw the launch of umbrella campaign groups - Yes Scotland and Better Together - political parties …
Class Apart
Learning the Lessons of Education in Post-Devolution Wales
Häftad, 2015
230 kr
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Essential reading for all involved in the educational sector in Wales (and beyond), A Class Apart investigates the effectiveness of educational policies, such as the Foundation Phase and Welsh Baccalaureate, introduced by the Welsh Government since devolution and assesses whether they have really …
Testing Times
Success, Failure and Fiasco in Welsh Education Policy Since Devolution
Av Philip Dixon
Häftad, 2016
237 kr
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The Welsh Government's Department of Education was famously called 'dysfunctional', by its own Minister. In Testing Times, a forensic and devastating critique of the Welsh Government's strategies and initiatives since devolution, the respected educationalist Philip Dixon argues that this is still …
Financial Affairs of David Lloyd George
Av Ian Ivatt
Häftad, 2019
309 kr
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David Lloyd George, was a immensely colourful, controversial and enigmatic character who dominated the political life of Britain in the opening decades of the twentieth century.Famously described by Churchill as 'the greatest Welshman that unconquerable race has produced since the age of the …
Public Affairs Guide to Scotland
Influencing Policy and Legislation
Av Robert McGeachy, Mark Ballard
Häftad, 2016
267 kr
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Written by two award-winning public affairs professionals, The Public Affairs Guide to Scotland provides practical advice and guidance to individuals and organisations wishing to influence policy makers, and to contribute to legislative change in Scotland.The Public Affairs Guide to Scotland strips …
Always Amongst Friends
The Cardiff and County Club 1866-2016
Häftad, 2017
284 kr
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Since its establishment in 1866 by prominent businessmen and the gentry of south Wales, the Cardiff and County Club has played a central role in the commercial, political and sporting life of Cardiff, as it developed from a burgeoning Victorian coal metropolis into the dynamic Welsh capital city of …
'You are Legend'
The Welsh Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
Häftad, 2018
284 kr
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Almost 200 Welshmen volunteered to join the International Brigade and travelled to Spain to fight fascism with the Republicans during the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War. Whilst over 150 returned home, at least 36 died during the brutal conflict. You Are Legend is their remarkable story.
IndyRef to ScotRef
Campaigning for Yes
Av Peter Lynch
Häftad, 2017
206 kr
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The Scottish independence referendum of 2014 was the most colourful, dynamic and longest political campaign Scotland has ever seen and which, in IndyRef to ScotRef , is lovingly recounted through the experiences of a university lecturer turned Yes for Scotland activist who was inspired to roll up …
Aberfan
Government and Disaster
Häftad, 2019
302 kr
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On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a mountainside coal tip collapsed, engulfing homes and part of a school in the village of Aberfan below. It is a moment that will be forever etched in the memories of many people in Wales and beyond.Aberfan - Government & Disaster is widely …
Political Chameleon
In Search of George Thomas
Häftad, 2017
173 kr
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George Thomas, the former Labour Cabinet Minister and Speaker of the House of Commons, was the sycophant supreme of the British political system and arguably the most divisive figure in twentieth-century Welsh politics, whose transformation from a radical young socialist to Viscount Tonypandy, a …
Morgan Jones
Man of Conscience
Av Wayne David
Häftad, 2019
267 kr
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Imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs for his pacifist beliefs during the First World War, Morgan Jones made history by becoming the first conscientious objector to be elected an MP when he won the Caerphilly by-election for Labour in 1921. In Morgan Jones - Man of Conscience, the first biography of this …
Gareth Jones
On Assignment in Nazi Germany 1933-34
Av Ray Gamache
Häftad, 2021
590 kr
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Since Gareth Jones's historic press conference in Berlin in 1933 when he became the first journalist to reveal the existence and extent of the Holodomor, a Soviet-induced famine in Ukraine in which over four million people died, Jones and his professional reputation have been the focus of a …
Medieval Dragon
The Nature of the Beast in Germanic Literature
Häftad, 2024
338 kr
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The popular fascination with dragons and dragon slayers is manifest in the endlessly repeated plots of sword-and-sorcery romances and in the mass-produced artwork that illustrates their fantastical characters and themes. Yet the image of a knight in shining armour who fights a solitary battle …
Saga of Hávarður of Ísafjörður
Av Durrenberger Paul, Durrenberger Dorothy
Häftad, 2025
301 kr
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Written between 1300 and 1350, The Saga of Hávarður of Ísafjörður is ninth-century Icelandic tale of conflict over sheep and stranded whales, magic and ghosts, seduction, murder, torture and revenge.Hávarður is an old man, a great Viking in his time but now past his prime, whose son Ólafur is …
Penyberth
A Nation on Trial
Häftad, 2025
301 kr
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On 8 September 1936 – in what is recognised as one of the defining moments in modern Welsh history – a Baptist minister, a university lecturer and a schoolteacher set fire to the partly built RAF aerodrome at Penrhos on the Llŷn Peninsular, then calmly reported their actions to the police at nearby …
Public Affairs Guide to Westminster
The Handbook of Effective and Ethical Lobbying
Häftad, 2026
374 kr
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Packed with invaluable advice on devising public affairs strategies and campaigns to achieve maximum success on a limited budget, Robert McGeachy's step-by-step guide expertly strips away the mysteries and misconceptions of engaging with the UK Government, opposition parties, as well as with …
Hugh MacDiarmid
Black, Green, Red and Tartan
Av Bob Purdie
Häftad, 2026
304 kr
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Essential reading for all those with an interest in contemporary Scotland, this is the first study of Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978) by a political historian and provides a unique contribution to the understanding of MacDiarmid's politics.Bob Purdie's groundbreaking study outlines why MacDiarmid, the …
One-Party State
The Labour Party in Wales
Häftad, 2026
301 kr
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For over 100 years the Labour Party dominated Welsh politics and Welsh society. For a century, this absolute power resulted in many acknowledging that their career progression, particularly in the public sector, and any hopes for advancement in electoral politics, depended on their membership of …
Haustlong of THjodolfr of Hvinir
Häftad, 2027
292 kr
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A 10th century skaldic poem composed by THjodolfr of Hvinir (c.885-920), the Haustlong (Old Norse: Autumn Long) praises THorleif inn Spakka for the gift of a painted shield. Describing mythological scenes painted on the shield, the poem tells the story of kidnapping of Idunn by the giant THjazi and …
Nation on Trial
Penyberth 1936
Inbunden, 1998
351 kr
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The first comprehensive account of the 'Fire' at Penyberth in English.
American West
The Invention of a Myth
Häftad, 2001
210 kr
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The Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth asserts D.H. Murdoch in "The American West", which for the first time, presents a sustained analysis of how the myth originated, and why? He demonstrates that the myth was invented, for the most part …
Hugh MacDiarmid
Black, Green, Red and Tartan
Av Bob Purdie
Inbunden, 2012
418 kr
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Essential reading for all those with an interest in contemporary Scotland, this is the first study of Hugh MacDiarmid (1892-1978) by a political historian and provides a unique contribution to the understanding of MacDiarmid's politics. With the Scottish Independence referendum due in 2014, this …
Mebyon Kernow and Cornish Nationalism
The Concise History
Av Bernard W. Deacon, Treve Crago m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
217 kr
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Concise history of Cornish National and Mebyon Kernow
Always Amongst Friends
The Cardiff and County Club 1866-2016
Inbunden, 2017
284 kr
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Since its establishment in 1866 by prominent businessmen and the gentry of south Wales, the Cardiff and County Club has played a central role in the commercial, political and sporting life of Cardiff, as it developed from a burgeoning Victorian coal metropolis into the dynamic Welsh capital city of …
