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The long resolution? Responding to economic and social change in postwar South Wales
Soundings, Volume: 84, Issue: 84, Pages: 212 - 224
Swansea University Author:
Aled Singleton
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DOI (Published version): 10.3898/soun.84-85.13.2023
Abstract
This article investigates the period between the late-1950s and the mid-1970s, a time when millions of people in Britain moved from towns and older industrial settlements to the urban periphery. South Wales offers a particularly interesting perspective as many moves were within twenty miles and seem...
| Published in: | Soundings |
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| ISSN: | 1362-6620 1362-6620 |
| Published: |
London
Lawrence and Wishart
2023
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65188 |
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This article investigates the period between the late-1950s and the mid-1970s, a time when millions of people in Britain moved from towns and older industrial settlements to the urban periphery. South Wales offers a particularly interesting perspective as many moves were within twenty miles and seemed to be driven by high levels of state investment in industry, housing, and road infrastructure. This writing aims to examine the long-term impact of these decisions on later generations and to demonstrate the determination - or will – of political actors in Wales, often competing with other places. As well as adapting the well-known Raymond Williams work Long Revolution for my title, I use his structure of feeling concept to seek an understanding of how change was experienced. This is achieved by presenting four recent interview accounts gathered from people who lived in South Wales in the first three decades after World Ward Two. |
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| Keywords: |
structure of feeling, post-war, regeneration, economic development, south wales |
| College: |
College of Science |
| Funders: |
Economic and Social Research Council Grant ES/W007568/1 and Swansea University |
| Issue: |
84 |
| Start Page: |
212 |
| End Page: |
224 |