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THE CITY OF SWANSEA CHALLENGES & CHANGE

by Ralph A. Griffiths

Published by Alan Sutton. 1st. 1990

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A portrait of Swansea at the end of the 20th century. B/w photos.

Wrapper spine faded with small tear.

ISBN: 0862996767
Stock no. 1712728

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Contents

  • Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE
  • Chapter One Anglo-Welsh Town, David and Margaret Walker
  • Chapter Two Religion and Belier, Glanmor Williams
  • Chapter Three Industrialisation, Trevor Boyns
  • Chapter Four The Challenges of Democracy, Kenneth O. Morgan
  • Chapter Five Picture Essay: Swansea on the Map, B.B. Lewis
  • PART TWO
  • Chapter Six The City and its Villages, Ieuan Gwynedd Jones
  • Chapter Seven The City and the Channel, David Boorman
  • Chapter Eight The Wider World, J.R. Alban
  • Chapter Nine Picture Essay: The Second World War, J. R. Alban
  • PART THREE
  • Chapter Ten Buildings and Topography, Bernard Morris
  • Chapter Eleven Health and the Hospitals, T.G. Davies
  • Chapter Twelve Education in an Industrial Society, G.W. Roderick
  • Chapter Thirteen Crime, Order and the Police, David J.V. Jones
  • Chapter Fourteen The Cultural Tradition
  • i. Writing and Drama, James A. Davies
  • ii. Music, John Hugh Thomas
  • iii. Art and Artist, Kirstine Brander Dunthorne
  • Chapter Fifteen From Antiquarianism to Archaeology, Henry Owen-John
  • Chapter Sixteen Tourism and Leisure, Terry Stevens
  • Chapter Seventeen Dereliction and pollution, E.M. bridges and Huw Morgan
  • Chapter Eighteen Caring for the Natural Environment, Michael J. Isaac
  • Chapter Nineteen Picture Essay: Swansea at the End of the Twentieth Century, Rosemary D.F. Bromley
  • Sources and Further Reading
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Index

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