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In Britain, Wales has gained a reputation as a nation wedded to pacifism, but this view ignores the long history of Welsh involvement in armed conflict. The essays assembled in "Wales and War" examine the reactions of Welsh people to a series of conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to the conflict in the Falklands. The impact of Britain's imperial economy on Welsh support for and participation in war, as well as the role played by geography, are...

Since its rediscovery in 1934, "The Book of Margery Kempe" has generally been judged as over-emotional and naive. Naoe Kukita Yoshikawa argues instead that "The Book of Margery Kempe" is a creative experience of memory as spiritual progress. Yoshikawa explores Margery's meditational experience in the context of the visual and verbal iconography and provides a comprehensive analysis of Margery's meditative experience as it is structured in the ...

Provides an overview of and introduction to the Towneley cycle of plays, a 32-play cycle written in c 1500, which begins with the fall of Lucifer and ends with the Last Judgement, and was performed as part of the festival of Corpus Christi in Wakefield. This volume examines the cycle's textual history, and discusses issues of language and style.

This extensive reference examines the human costs of unemployment and poverty through a study on the health of the population of South Wales during the economic depression of the interwar period. Examining patterns of health and mortality in communities in south Wales, this study undertakes a systematic analysis of the statistical data. Chapters cover the working-class domestic economy, housing, environment, diet, and medical services, ascerta...

Typological and chronological details of various iron and copper alloy artifacts recovered from an airfield in Llyn Cerrig Bach in the 1940s are examined in this definitive history of La Tene metalwork. A revised interpretation of the character and chronology of disposition is proposed, and discussions cover the fieldwork at the site, the metallurgical analysis of the assemblage, and insular La Tene art.

Explores the problematic, contested and changing relationship between nationality, ethnicity and the state in the United Kingdom. This study explores the ethnic margins and imperial dimensions of British national identity through the ceremonies of the Investiture of the Prince of Wales and the public reaction to them.

No aspect of the voyages of Captain Cook have been more controversial than Cook's death. This book reprints one of the classic accounts of this episode, the vivid and lively narrative by one of the voyage surgeons, David Samwell. Introductory essays contextualize Samwell's contribution within this period of Pacific maritime history.

Female activists around the globe have long used the political opportunities afforded by constitutional reform to further gender equality and women's participation in politics. This timely and accessible volume addresses the way in which changes introduced by devolved governance in Wales have transformed the role of women in contemporary Welsh politics and presented a new phase in the history of Welsh women's activism. Based on original interv...

Beginning with the punishment systems of the ancient world, Sean O'Toole investigates the birth of the modern prison, the transportation process, the convict era and finally the creation of Australia's various State and Territory prisons and community corrections systems.

1606 marked the first European sighting of Australia, when the Dutch ship Duyfken landed on Cape York. This gripping book tells the stories of the seafaring explorers, shipwrecks and mutinies that followed, including the voyages of Torres and La Perouse, Dampier and D'Entrecasteaux. These are tales of adventure, discovery and navigational triumph in the face of hardship, starvation and fear at the far end of the world.

Ambiguity has marked the use of national flags in Australia since Federation. The gaps in the documented history of the transition from Union Jack to Australian national flag has left Australians dependent on the views of groups arguing for and against flag change. "Flag and Nation" explains Australians' changing relationship to their national flags since 1901 and the perceptions of national identity they represent.

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This landmark volume will be created to coincide with the 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences which the University of New South Wales in Sydney will be hosting in 2005. Sponsored by the Australian Historical Association, the book will commission leading historians of Australia to present syntheses of current debates, ideas and research on the most important areas of Australian historical work today.

This study of Welsh writer Caradog Prichard's early life examines the author's childhood and adolescence in north Wales and the social and economic histories of the region. Prichard's experiences as a young reporter at London's "Daily Telegraph are related, as are his poetic successes at the "eisteddfod, a national festival of Welsh culture, where he won the National Eisteddfod Crown three times in succession. Caradog Pichard is a widely trans...

This rigorous study addresses the question of why Scottish workers appear to have a more radical industrial social climate than the British mainland. Analyzing a wealth of social statistics from Scotland, Wales, and militant regions of Britain, it is concluded that while Scottish workers are no different than their counterparts in the rest of Britain, the added importance of "the national question" in Scotland indicates that an increased sense...

Addressing a significant gap in the understanding of institutional care and its effects on adult life and identity, this chronicle examines lifelong experiences after leaving care. Using interviews with people who grew up in orphanages and group homes in Victoria between 1945 and 1983, this study explores how institutionalization affected future education, employment opportunities, relationships, health, and the implications this might have fo...

This book tells the story of the ACTU's 'Your Rights at Work' campaign against Work Choices, the largest, most expensive and most sophisticated political campaign ever mounted in Australia, and one with a decisive impact on the 2007 federal election.

We think of retirement as something to be celebrated, even envied, a time when you are finally free to do your own thing. But what do people do for twenty or thirty years without the structures and restrictions of work? Does it mean someone is no longer important if they are not an active member of the workforce? Or is retirement a time for reinvention and refocusing? "When I'm 64" explores the experience of retirement from the point of view o...

Reputation of Louis Aragon (1897-1982) is built upon his activities during the Second World War when his poetry embodied the spirit of the French Resistance. This book goes beyond the figure of the Resistance poet to explore the significance of the subject of war throughout his career.

The detective genre, or "novela negra, " is one of Spain's most popular types of fiction: these books, many written by female writers, have obtained best-selling status and been translated into multiple languages. "Killing Carmens, " the first book-length study of women's crime writing in Spain, offers a fresh approach to the study of Spanish crime fiction--combining literary criticism with sociological, feminist, and criminological theory. Th...