Wales and Socialism : Political Culture and National Identity Before the Great War.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Studies in Welsh History Series .
- Studies in Welsh History Series .
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyrigt Page -- Series Editors' Foreword -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Pioneers, 1790s-1880s -- 2. Putting down roots, 1889-1899 -- (i) Cardiff and Fabianism -- (ii) The Social Democratic Federation in south Wales -- 3. South Wales and the ILP ascendancy, 1891-1906 -- (i) The ILP and socialism in south Wales before 1898 -- (ii) The 1898 coal strike -- (iii) The culture of socialism in south Wales -- 4. Beyond the heads of the valleys, c. 1880s-1906 -- (i) British socialism and Welsh Wales -- (ii) Socialists, quarrymen and Lord Penrhyn -- (iii) Towards an indigenous Welsh socialism? -- (iv) Robert Jones Derfel, 'Socialist Cymreig' -- 5. Progress and pluralism, 1906-1912 -- (i) The socialist movement in Wales after 1906 -- (ii) The struggle for a Welsh socialist consciousness -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.
The first full-scale study of the spread of socialism in Wales during a critical period in the history of British socialism.