Merthyr, The Crucible of Modern Wales

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Am ran helaeth o'r 19eg ganrif, Merthyr Tudful oedd yr anheddiad trefol mwyaf a welwyd yng Nghymru, ac mae'r gyfrol hon yn edrych ar dwf y dref, gan archwilio sut y rhagfynegodd hynny gyfnod o drawsnewidiad economaidd a chymdeithasol yng Nghymru.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Merthyr The Crucible of Modern Wales assesses an epic history of Merthyr from 1760 to 1912 through the focus of a fresh and thoroughly convincing perspective.

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Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Joe England was educated at Cyfarthfa Grammar School, Merthyr Tydfil and at the University of Nottingham where he studied Economic and Social History. In a varied career he has been editor of a weekly newspaper, a lecturer for the Workers’ Educational Association, deputy director of the department of Extra-Mural Studies in the University of Hong Kong, a research fellow in the Industrial Relations Research Unit at Warwick University and principal and chief executive of Coleg Harlech, Wales’ residential college for adults. He has travelled widely in east Asia and is well-known as a lecturer on social and industrial affairs. He is chair of the Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Forum.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

Merthyr Tydfil was the town where the future of a country was forged: a thriving, struggling surge of people, industry, democracy and ideas. It was the iron making capital of the world, and would become the crucible of modern Wales. The major figures among the ruling class: Anthony Bacon, the Crawshays,the Guests are all portrayed; as are the Chartist leaders Morgan Williams and Matthew John, and the MPs Henry Bruce, Henry Richard, D.A. Thomas and Keir Hardie. But the heroes are the men and women of Merthyr who, with extraordinary resilience, passed through the crucible of harsh experience, and out of their communities of self-help created their own culture and an extraordinary town. Merthyr The Crucible of Modern Wales assesses an epic history of Merthyr from 1760 to 1912 through the focus of a fresh and thoroughly convincing perspective. “A fantastic piece of work. Highly impressive and just what is needed. An historical argument that takes in the complete sweep of industrial Merthyr’s experience from the Poor Law to popular politics, from industrial developments to urbanisation – the book is all the stronger for it.” Andy Croll, University of South Wales. “This enjoyable and revealing book written in a clear and vigorous style illuminates Merthyr society but populates it with vivid character sketches of real breathing people. It shows how Merthyr was South Wales in the era of iron and then became a vital part of it in the coal age. A book accessible for those who don’t know the story and fruitful for those who think they do. It contains much original research as well as a masterly pulling together of what others have written.” Neil Evans, Cardiff University. “A must-read for anyone interested in Merthyr Tydfil and Dowlais and their extraordinary impact upon the wider world.” Huw Williams “A full sweep of Merthyr’s industrial history.” Gwyn Griffiths, The Morning Star