Great Britain: Wales
(see also Great Britain)
Basics
CIA World Factbook. Includes map.
UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators
World Guide (Montevideo)
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In the Library: Articles
Morgan, Prys. "From a death to a view: the hunt for the Welsh past in the Romantic period," in Hobsbawm & Ranger (eds.) The Invention of Tradition (Cambridge, 1983), pp. 43-100.
Turner, Christopher B. "Revivalism & Welsh society in the 19th c.," in J. Obelkevich & others, Disciplines of Faith (London, 1987), pp. 311-23.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Adamson, David L. Class, Ideology & the Nation: A Theory of Welsh Nationalism (Cardiff: U. of Wales, 1991).
Andrews, Leighton. Wales Says Yes: The Inside Story of the Yes for Wales Campaign (Bridgend: Seren, 1999).
Chaney, Paul; Tom Hall & Andrew Pithouse (eds.) New Governance -- New Democracy?: Post-Devolution Wales (Cardiff: U. Wales, 2001).
Christiansen, Thomas. Plaid Cymru in the 1990s: Dilemmas & Ambiguities of Welsh Regional Nationalism (Florence: European U. Institute, 1995).
Collins, Paul. Sixpence House: Lost in a Town of Books (NY: Bloomsbury, 2003). A California family's sojourn in Hay-on-Wye, with 1500 people & 40 bookstores.
Crickhowell, Nicholas. Westminster, Wales & Water (Cardiff: U. of Wales, 1999).
Davies, Charlotte Aull. Welsh Nationalism in the 20th C.: The Ethnic Option & the Modern State (NY: Praeger, 1989).
Day, Graham. Making Sense of Wales: A Sociological Perspective (Cardiff: U. Wales, 2002).
Dunkerley, David & Andrew Thompson (eds.) Wales Today (Cardiff: U. Wales, 1999).
Evans, Gwynfor. Fighting for Wales (Talybont, Dyfed: Lolfa, 1991).
Fevre, Ralph & Andrew Thompson (eds.) Nation, Identity & Social Theory: Perspectives from Wales (Cardiff: U. Wales, 1999).
Foot, Michael. Aneurin Bevan: A Biography (NY: Atheneum, 1963).
Francis, Hywel. Miners Against Fascism: Wales & the Spanish Civil War (London: Lawrence & Wishart, 1984).
Gildart, Keith. North Wales Miners: A Fragile Unity , 1945-1996 (Cardiff: U. Wales, 2001).
Griffiths, Dylan. Thatcherism & Territorial Politics: A Welsh Case Study (Brookfield VT: Avebuyry, 1996).
Griffiths, Robert. S.O. Davies: A Socialist Faith (Llandysul, Dyfed: Gomer, 1983).
Hannan, Patrick. 2001: A Year in Wales (Bridgend: Seren, 2002).
Hearne, Derrick. The ABC of the Welsh Revolution (Talybont, Ceredigion: Y Lolfa, 1982).
Jenkins, Philip. A History of Modern Wales, 1536-1990 (London: Longman, 1992).
Jones, Mervyn. A Radical Life: The Biography of Megan Lloyd George, 1902-66 (London: Hutchinson, 1991).
Kean, Hilda. Challenging the State?: The Socialist & Feminist Educational Experience, 1900-1930 (NY: Falmer, 1990).
McAllister, Laura. Plaid Cymru: The Emergence of a Political Party (Bridgend: Seren, 2001).
Morgan, Kenneth O. David Lloyd George: Welsh Radical as World Statesman (Cardiff: U. Wales, 1964).
__________. Modern Wales: Politics, Places & People (Cardiff: U. Wales, 1995).
Morgan, Kevin & Geoff Mungham. Redesigning Democracy: The Making of the Welsh Assembly (Bridgend: Seren, 2000).
Osmond, John (ed.) The National Question Again: Welsh Political Identity in the 1980s (Llandysul, Dyfed: lkGomer, 1985).
Parry, Cyril. The Radical Tradition in Welsh Politics: A Study of Liberal & Labour Politics in Gwinedd, 1900-1920 (Hull: U. Hull, 1970).
Philip, Alan Butt. The Welsh Question: Nationalism in Welsh Politics, 1945-1970 (Cardiff: U. Wales, 1975).
Prentice, Richard. Change & Policy in Wales: Wales in the Era of Privatism (Llandysul: Gomer, 1993).
Smith, Dai. Aneurin Bevan & the World of South Wales (Cardiff: U. Wales, 1993).
Smith, David (ed.) People & a Proletariat: Essays in the History of Wales, 1780-1980 (London: Pluto, 1980).
Tanner, Duncan; Chris Williams & Deian Hopkins (eds.) Labour Party in Wales, 1900-2000 (Cardiff: U. Wales, 2000).
Thomas, Ned. The Welsh Extremist: A Culture in Crisis (London: Gollancz, 1971).
Williams, Chris. Democratic Rhondda: Politics & Society, 1885-1951 (Cardiff: U. Wales, 1996).
Williams, Gwyn A. The Search for Beulah Land: the Welsh & the Atlantic Revolution (N Y: Holmes & Meier, 1980).
Williams, Raymond. Who Speaks for Wales? Nature, Culture & Identity (Cardiff: U. of Wales, 2003).
Wintle, Justin. Furious Interiors: Wales, R.S. Thomas & God (London: HarperCollins, 1996).
In the Library: Fiction
Llewellyn, Richard. How Green Was My Valley (NY: Macmillan, 1940).
__________. Up, into the Singing Mountain (NY: Doubleday, 1960).
__________. Green, Green, My Valley Now (NY: Doubleday, 1975).
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Film & Video
"How Green Was My Valley" [1941], dir. John Ford, 119m. In video stores.