 | Wales: A Question for History by David Smith
Buy new: £12.95 / Used from: £6.44 Originally published in 1984 as 'Wales! Wales?', includes a series of essays on the history, identity, myths and culture of the modern Wales, focusing particularly of the South Wales Valleys.
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 | When Was Wales?: A History of the Welsh (Penguin history) by Gwyn A. Williams
Buy used from: £3.85 A short, punchy, polemical history of Wales written by one of Wales' finest historians. Funny, passionate, tragic and unsettling. Brillant!
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 | A History of Wales by John Davies
Buy used from: £9.91 John Davies is an encyclopedia of knowledge on Wales. Well-written, factual, clear. Covers Welsh history from the Red Lady of Paviland to the Clear Red Waters of the Labour Assembly
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 | Wales Epic Views of a Small Country by Jan Morris
Buy new: £9.09 / Used from: £3.51 Written by one of the best travel writers in the English language, Epic Views is a fascinating, romantic history of a people and place.
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 | Imaging the Nation (Visual Culture of Wales) by Peter Lord
Buy new: £20.38 / Used from: £29.50 Peter Lord has single-handedly recovered the hitherto unknown history of the visual arts in Wales. Covering high art to folk art, this is a clear, well-researched and beautifully illustrated volume.
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 | The Taliesin Tradition by Emyr Humphreys
Buy new: £8.95 / Used from: £4.70 The poet Emyr Humphreys examines the common thread of literature and poetry running through Welsh history and identity. A useful companion to history.
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 | When Arthur Met Maggie by Patrick Hannan
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £2.00 Patrick Hannan is a Welsh journalist with a nose for the personalities behind the politics. Though centred on the 1984-5 Miners' Strike, this book includes some interesting essays on Welsh affairs.
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 | Rebirth of a Nation: A History of Modern Wales 1880-1980 : Rebirth of a Nation - Wales, 1880-1980 Vol 6 by Kenneth O. Morgan
Buy new: £20.90 / Used from: £17.54 Following the history from the 1880s National Revival to the 1979 Devolution Referendum, this a well written, readable history of modern Wales from one of the best historians in Britain.
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 | Welsh Extremist: A Culture in Crisis by Ned Thomas
Buy used from: £7.00 Orginally published during the nationalist surge of the 1970s, this book makes the socialist case for Welsh nationalism, drawing on Welsh language literature and poetry.
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 | The Fed: History of the South Wales Miners in the Twentieth Century by Hywel Francis
Buy used from: £35.40 No understanding of modern Wales is possible without understanding the central role played by mining and the South Wales Miners' Federation in particular. A well-researched social history of Wales.
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