Table of Contents
List of figures and tables viii
Acknowledgements ix
Further resources x
Note on the use of place-names xi
Maps of Wales xii
Abbreviations used in endnotes xiii
Introduction 1
1 'The waging of war.' 1939-45 7
2 'The spirit of reconstruction.'1945-51 35
3 'The hard times are finished.' The coming of affluence, 1951-64 65
4 'Promiscuous living.' Youth culture and the permissive society, 1951-70 96
5 'A new society.' Class and urban communities, 1951-70 120
6 'Life among the hills.' The Welsh way of life, 1951-70 146
7 'A cottonwool fuzz at the back of the mind.' Language and nationhoods, 1951-70 178
8 'Nationalists of many varieties.' 1951-70 212
9 'Black times.' The passing of Labour, 1966-85 245
10 'Under an acid rain.' Debating the nations, 1970-85 280
11 'Adapt to the future.' The Tory remaking of Wales, 1979-97 311
12 'Who's happy?' Social change since 1970 342
13 'They don't belong here.' The countryside since 1970 385
14 'A nation once again.' 1997-2009 412
Conclusion: Wales 1939-2009 443
Index 449