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Though the SNP has existed since 1934, no full-length history of the Scottish National Party was written until the first edition of this book in 2002.

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The Basques traces the political, cultural and linguistic history of the Basque people and their struggle for independence from the Spanish and French states. The Basques explains why the Basque Country has not been officially recognised, why it is politically divided, and why there is discrimination against its language. It describes the two-fold response of the country itself, first of all in the creation of the Partido Nacionalista Vasco (T...

This anthology of 50 folktales drawn from the Folklore Archive of the Finnish Literature Society is an excellent introduction to the rich oral tradition of Finnish folktales for both the general reader and for students of folklore. Storytelling as a living tradition was preserved longer in Finland than in many other countries because of its relative geo­graphical isolation compared to other countries that more readily came into contact with an...

What on earth do Blaenegel, Gwauncaegurwen and Mawdlam mean? Is Brynsadler named from someone who made saddles or someone called Sadler? Are there really 'high lights' in Highlight, worms at Worms Head and 'butter' at Brynmenyn? Scarcely a week goes by without hearing arguments about how we should spell or say a particular name but finding answers to your questions isn't always easy and what you find in dictionaries, local histories and websit...

This work, first published in 1944, provides the most reliable texts of the Lives of Welsh saints based upon the Cotton MS in the British Library from 1200. Out of print for over 50 years this work is still the standard edition of these Lives and is still widely used by scholars today. As well as being the major text for our information concerning the Welsh saints it also contain some of the earliest Arthurian material and are the first to mak...

Extensively researched and lavishly illustrated, Always Amongst Friends traces the 150-year history of the Cardiff and County Club through a scholarly study of the social and economic history of Cardiff, and celebrates the Club's colourful characters, by exuding the warmth and camaraderie so treasured by its members.

While there have many studies of the uprising from the Jacobite perspective, this classic text - now re-published in a new paperback edition - describes and reflects the British Government's response to the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. When roused from their initial reluctance to take the rebellion seriously, supporters of the Hanoverian dynasty rallied to its defence, exposing adherents of the Stuarts as a small minority, not only in England but ...

Intended for those working with adult groups in various professional and adult community settings, this book contains chapters on learning styles, equal opportunities, self-presentation, difficult students and 'reluctant attenders', practical planning, and other topics.

Women in Swedish Society is a groundbreaking study by two general practitioners, Annika Forssén and Gunilla Carlstedt, who believed that the medical profession and accepted medical science was inadequately responding to the health problems presented by their female patients. Rejecting the tendency of the medical profession to link women's symptoms with female psychological issues or reproductive biology, the authors undertook their own in-dept...

Gareth Jones (1905-1934), the young Welsh investigative journalist, is revered in Ukraine as a national hero and is now rightly recognised as the first reporter to reveal the horror of the Holodomor, the Soviet Government-induced famine of the early 1930s, which killed millions of Ukrainians. Gareth Jones - Eyewitness to the Holodomor is a meticulous study of the efforts made by the the Aberystwyth and Cambridge-educated journalist, a fluent R...

A forensic and devastating critique of the Welsh Government's strategies and initiatives since devolution by the respected educationalist Philip Dixon.

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 recognised as the definitive study of the disaster. Following meticulous research of public records - kept confidential by the UK Government's 30-ye...

The 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 his sleeves and get involved in his native city of Edinburgh.

The Public Affairs Guide to Westminster is the essential handbook for organisations seeking to effectively and ethically lobby the UK Parliament and UK Government, and is packed with invaluable advice on devising public affairs strategies and campaigns that achieve success on a limited budget. Robert McGeachy's step-by-step guide - for private, public and third sector organisations - expertly strips away the mysteries and misconceptions of eng...

This is the book that his dwindling number of supporters feared and the book his political opponents have been waiting for. Political Chameleon dissects George Thomas chapter by chapter, exposing him as a sanctimonious hypocrite whose religious veneer was a sham.

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This book analyses the Conservative party in Wales and asks what is needed to move forwards.

This is a history of the Scottish National Party. At a time when the establishment of a Scottish Parliament appears to be a probability rather than a possibility, this book covers the party behind constitutional change in Scotland.