The American West: The Invention of A Myth

The Wild West of Hollywood and American folklore is nothing more than a functional myth asserts D.H. Murdoch in this study, which presents a sustained analysis of how the myth originated and why.

The American West: The Invention of a Myth

History

Murdoch, David Hamilton

Americas

Welsh Academic Press

David Hamilton Murdoch

Emlyn Williams a Life

James Harding

Biographies & Memoirs

The events at Aberfan on the morning of October 21 1966, when 116 children and 28 adults died in a sea of slurry following the collapse of a coal tip, will forever be etched in the memories of the people of the industrial valleys of south Wales.

Aberfan: Government and disasters

Politics & Social Sciences

Ian L. McLean

Politics & Government

Adult Learning, Adult Teaching

Daines, Carolyn

Daines, J.W.

Graham, Professor Brian

Science & Math

Almost 200 Welshmen volunteered to join the International Brigade and travelled to Spain to fight fascism with the Republicans during the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War. Whilst over 150 returned home, at least 36 died during the brutal conflict. You Are Legend is their remarkable story.

‘You Are Legend’: The Welsh Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War

Davies PhD, Graham

Europe

The independence referendum of 2014 was the most colourful, dynamic and longest political campaign Scotland has ever seen and which, in IndyRef to ScotRef, is lovingly recounted through the experiences of a university lecturer turned Yes for Scotland activist who was inspired to roll up his sleeves and get involved in his native city of Edinburgh.

IndyRef to ScotRef: Campaigning for Yes

Lynch, Peter

Place-Names of Glamorgan investigates the historical evidence and meanings of more than 1,100 place-names in the historic county of Glamorgan, stretching from Rhossili to Rumney and Rhoose to Rhigos.

Place-Names of Glamorgan (Place-Names of Wales)

MORGAN, Richard

Aberfan - Government and Disaster is widely recognised as the definitive study of the disaster and, following meticulous research of previously unavailable public records - kept confidential by the UK Government's 30-year rule - the authors explain how and why the disaster happened and why nobody was held responsible.

Aberfan: Government and Disaster

McLean, Iain

Johnes, Martin

Morgan Jones - Man of Conscience, is the first biography of a remarkable politician who was imprisoned in Wormwood Scrubs for his pacifist beliefs during the First World War, but who made history by becoming the first conscientious objector to be elected an MP when he won the Caerphilly by-election for Labour in 1921.

Morgan Jones: Man of Conscience

David Wayne

Historical

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