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This volume is a collection of articles by the late S. Minwel Tibbott, a pioneer in the field of women's studies in Wales and an acknowledged expert in the study of domestic life and traditional foodways.

Within Germany, Carl Schmitt's status as a political thinker is on a par with Machiavelli and Hobbes. In this study the author seeks to apply Schmitt's thought to modern times as well as extrapolate possibilities for the future.

This volume draws on some of the developments in social theory to examine the different dimensions of nation and nationalism in contemporary Wales. It considers whether or not people have a clear sense of what a national identity might be.

A highly engaging outline of the history of Wales from the earliest times to the present day, updated for this new edition in 2014 and the age of burgeoning devolution.

Trefor M. Owen's seminal work educates, enlightens and entertains with a far-reaching yet accessible text, which paints a colourful and comprehensive portrait of a nation's rich folk culture. This influential study also considers the development of folk studies and has maintained its relevance as customs change and evolve.

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The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (the 'College by the Sea', as it has always been known affectionately in Wales), is the senior constituent of the federal University of Wales, and indeed, one of the older provincial university institutions in the United Kingdom. It is a great romantic story that is always interesting, often exciting, and occasionally dominated by high controversy. The central theme is a long, desperate, but ultimat...

Trefor M. Owen's seminal work educates, enlightens and entertains with a far-reaching yet accessible text, which paints a colourful and comprehensive portrait of a nation's rich folk culture. This influential study also considers the development of folk studies and has maintained its relevance as customs change and evolve.

This is an accessible, richly illustrated book, telling the story of the children and young people who worked in the Welsh coalfields.

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Herta Muller is one of the leading figures in the new generation of German writers. This collection of essays is intended as both an introduction for the general reader and a resource for the specialist. It contains ten previously unpublished short texts by Muller and a biographical outline.

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The subject of "Celtic Wales" is the archaeological and historical evidence for human settlement in what is now Wales, from about 700BC - AD1000. This book puts Celtic Wales in its European context, and tackles issues of academic debate concerning "Celticity" and ethnic identity.

This is a collection of historical essays put together as a tribute to Kenneth O. Morgan and Ralph A. Griffiths who, on behalf of the University of Wales Board of Celtic Studies, have edited "The Welsh History Review/ Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru" since the 1960s.

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Two gripping travel narratives from a turbulent historical period: the father a witness to the outbreak of the French Revolution, the son, two decades later, an adventurous pioneer in the American far west.

Although studies of gender in medieval culture have tended to focus on femininity, the study of medieval masculinities has developed greatly over the last few years. This book concentrates on this aspect of medieval gender studies, and looks at the ways in which varieties of medieval masculinity intersected with concepts of holiness.

Since the earliest days of language, writers and preachers have been locked in a struggle for power and authority. "In the Shadow of the Pulpit" shows how that struggle has been at the heart of Welsh writing for more than two centuries, intimately shaping the English-language literature produced in Wales in that time. It traces the growing literary response to the power of Welsh Nonconformity from the eighteenth century onwards, and it also un...