Wales In British Politics 1868 - 1922
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Ex-Library with usual markings. Jacket: CUSTOM DJ. Page Condition: yellowed.
At the intersection of national identity and democratic transformation, Wales in British Politics 1868–1922 chronicles one of the most turbulent and consequential half-centuries in Welsh political history — a period that saw a small nation punch far above its weight in the corridors of Westminster. Kenneth O. Morgan traces the dramatic arc from the watershed general election of 1868, when the nonconformist Welsh electorate first flexed its independent political muscle, through the rise of Welsh Liberalism, the campaign for disestablishment of the Church, and the emergence of Lloyd George as a towering figure on the British and world stage, culminating in the post-war crisis of 1922. Morgan brings to bear a formidable command of primary sources and a sharp analytical intelligence, situating Wales not as a peripheral footnote to British history but as a dynamic force that shaped the very character of progressive politics in the United Kingdom. His prose is precise yet compelling, illuminating the tensions between Welsh nationalism and British unionism, between chapel culture and industrial radicalism, and between local grievance and imperial ambition. This landmark study raises a question that still resonates today: when a nation's political soul is absorbed into a larger union, what — and who — is ultimately lost?
Author: Kenneth O. Morgan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, University of Wales Press, Cardiff
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Ex-Library with usual markings. Jacket: CUSTOM DJ. Page Condition: yellowed.
At the intersection of national identity and democratic transformation, Wales in British Politics 1868–1922 chronicles one of the most turbulent and consequential half-centuries in Welsh political history — a period that saw a small nation punch far above its weight in the corridors of Westminster. Kenneth O. Morgan traces the dramatic arc from the watershed general election of 1868, when the nonconformist Welsh electorate first flexed its independent political muscle, through the rise of Welsh Liberalism, the campaign for disestablishment of the Church, and the emergence of Lloyd George as a towering figure on the British and world stage, culminating in the post-war crisis of 1922. Morgan brings to bear a formidable command of primary sources and a sharp analytical intelligence, situating Wales not as a peripheral footnote to British history but as a dynamic force that shaped the very character of progressive politics in the United Kingdom. His prose is precise yet compelling, illuminating the tensions between Welsh nationalism and British unionism, between chapel culture and industrial radicalism, and between local grievance and imperial ambition. This landmark study raises a question that still resonates today: when a nation's political soul is absorbed into a larger union, what — and who — is ultimately lost?