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Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Author: Ralph A. Griffiths
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1786837765
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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The first study of the Carnegie libraries built in Wales in the Edwardian Age. As ‘the richest man in the world’, the book illustrates Carnegie’s commitment to the provision of free and public libraries for all, regardless of age and gender. The buildings were – and in many cases still are − at the heart of towns and industrial communities across Wales (as they were elsewhere in the USA and the British Empire). The libraries shed light on the social, political, cultural and architectural history of Edwardian Wales.

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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004425381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383

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The Matica and Beyond is a comparative study of the cultural associations established to further national movements in nineteenth-century Europe by publishing literary and scientific texts in the national language.

Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1296

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Author: George Richard Pearson
Publisher: BRITISH POSTMARK SOCIETY
ISBN: 0900214023
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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A catalogue of postmarks used on mail posted at congresses, exhibitions, shows etc, and for anniversaries from 1851-1962.

Author: sir Isaac Pitman
Publisher:
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Category : Shorthand
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Author: John T. Koch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1358

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This succinct, accessible two-volume set covers all aspects of Celtic historical life, from prehistory to the present day. The study of Celtic history has a wide international appeal, but unfortunately many of the available books on the subject are out-of-date, narrowly specialized, or contain incorrect information. Online information on the Celts is similarly unreliable. This two-volume set provides a well-written, up-to-date, and densely informative reference on Celtic history that is ideal for high school or college-aged students as well as general readers. The Celts: History, Life, and Culture uses a cross-disciplinary approach to explore all facets of this ancient society. The book introduces the archaeology, art history, folklore, history, linguistics, literature, music, and mythology of the Celts and examines the global influence of their legacy. Written entirely by acknowledged experts, the content is accessible without being simplistic. Unlike other texts in the field, The Celts: History, Life, and Culture celebrates all of the cultures associated with Celtic languages at all periods, providing for a richer and more comprehensive examination of the topic.

Author: Hywel Teifi Edwards
Publisher: University of Wales Press
ISBN: 1783169141
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 76

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The Eisteddfod, first published in 1990 as part of the University of Wales Press’s Writers of Wales series, presents the history of the National Eisteddfod to an English-speaking audience. Hywel Teifi Edwards (1934–2010), author, historian and broadcaster, was a leading authority on the history of the National Eisteddfod, which is Wales’s annual cultural event and one of Europe's largest and oldest festivals. This concise, engaging and witty volume gives an overview of that history from the first Eisteddfod in 1176 to the modern Eisteddfod of the 1980s. It outlines the various literary competitions which are held annually at the Eisteddfod, and highlights some of the most memorable and important winners of prizes such as the Chair and the Crown.

Author: Kate Chedgzoy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107405912
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In this 2007 book, Kate Chedgzoy explores the ways in which women writers of the early modern British Atlantic world imagined, visited, created and haunted textual sites of memory. Asking how women's writing from all parts of the British Isles and Britain's Atlantic colonies employed the resources of memory to make sense of the changes that were refashioning that world, the book suggests that memory is itself the textual site where the domestic echoes of national crisis can most insistently be heard. Offering readings of the work of poets who contributed to the oral traditions of Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and analysing poetry, fiction and life-writings by well-known and less familiar writers such as Hester Pulter, Lucy Hutchinson and Aphra Behn, this book explores how women's writing of memory gave expression to the everyday, intimate consequences of the major geopolitical changes that took place in the British Atlantic world in the seventeenth century.

Author: A. Maxwell
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137277149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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During the era of the French revolution, patriots across Europe tried to introduce a national uniform. This book, the first comparative study of national uniform schemes, discusses case studies from Austria, Bulgaria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey the United States, and Wales.