The Gwent County History, Volume 4
Industrial Monmouthshire, 1780 - 1914
Distributed for University of Wales Press
376 pages
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5 color plates, 92 halftones
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7 3/4 x 9 3/4
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© 2011
This fourth volume in the Gwent Country History series focuses on the industrial revolution and the far-reaching changes it brought to the county. It features chapters on population and population movements; rural economy and society; communications and commerce; the iron, steel, and coal industries; the Chartist Movement; and more.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Colour Plates
List of Tables
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Gwent County History Association
Chairman’s Foreword
General Editor’s Preface
Editors’ Preface
List of Contributors
1. Population and Population Movements
W. T. R. Pryce
Appendix I: Territorial Units for Statistical and
Cartographic Purposes, 1801-1911
Appendix II: Registration Districts in 1851 and 1861
Appendix III: Population, 1801-1911; Natural Increase
1841-1910 in Territorial Units
2. The Rural Economy
Ian Pincombe
3. Communications and Commerce
Trevor Boyns
4. The Iron and Steel Industry
John Elliott
5. The Coal Industry
Bill Jones
6. Urban Society
C. Roy Lewis
7. Rural Society
Ian Pincombe
8. The Languages of Monmouthshire
Sian Rhiannon Williams
9. Literature in Welsh and English
Sam Adams
10. Education and Literacy
Sian Rhiannon Williams
11. Church and Chapel
Christopher B. Turner
12. Popular Culture, Leisure and Recreation
Gareth Williams
13. Visual Culture
Peter Lord and John Morgan-Guy
14. Parliamentary Representation
Margaret Escott
15. Local Government
Andy Croll
16. Popular Movements, 1780-1850
Chris Williams
17. Trade Unionism and the Labor Movement, 1850-1914
John Williams
18. The Question of Monmouthshire
Chris Williams
Index
List of Gwent County History Association Members
List of Colour Plates
List of Tables
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Gwent County History Association
Chairman’s Foreword
General Editor’s Preface
Editors’ Preface
List of Contributors
1. Population and Population Movements
W. T. R. Pryce
Appendix I: Territorial Units for Statistical and
Cartographic Purposes, 1801-1911
Appendix II: Registration Districts in 1851 and 1861
Appendix III: Population, 1801-1911; Natural Increase
1841-1910 in Territorial Units
2. The Rural Economy
Ian Pincombe
3. Communications and Commerce
Trevor Boyns
4. The Iron and Steel Industry
John Elliott
5. The Coal Industry
Bill Jones
6. Urban Society
C. Roy Lewis
7. Rural Society
Ian Pincombe
8. The Languages of Monmouthshire
Sian Rhiannon Williams
9. Literature in Welsh and English
Sam Adams
10. Education and Literacy
Sian Rhiannon Williams
11. Church and Chapel
Christopher B. Turner
12. Popular Culture, Leisure and Recreation
Gareth Williams
13. Visual Culture
Peter Lord and John Morgan-Guy
14. Parliamentary Representation
Margaret Escott
15. Local Government
Andy Croll
16. Popular Movements, 1780-1850
Chris Williams
17. Trade Unionism and the Labor Movement, 1850-1914
John Williams
18. The Question of Monmouthshire
Chris Williams
Index
List of Gwent County History Association Members
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