Let's Do Our Best for the Ancient Tongue: The Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century (University of Wales Press - Social History of the Welsh Language)

Contents......Page 8
List of Maps and Figures......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 16
The Fortunes of the Welsh Language 1900–2000: Introduction......Page 17
1. The Welsh Language 1921–1991: A Geolinguistic Perspective......Page 45
2. The Welsh Language and the Geographical Imagination 1918–1950......Page 125
3. Women and the Welsh Language in the Industrial Valleys of South Wales 1914–1945......Page 153
4. The Welsh Language Movement in the First Half of the Twentieth Century: An Exercise in Quiet Revolutions......Page 197
5. The Legal Status of the Welsh Language in the Twentieth Century......Page 233
6. The Attitude of Political Parties towards the Welsh Language......Page 265
7. Journalism and the Welsh Language......Page 293
8. Broadcasting and the Welsh Language......Page 327
9. The British State and Welsh-Language Education 1914–1991......Page 359
10. The Welsh Language and Religion......Page 387
11. Welsh Literature since 1914......Page 413
12. The Riches of the Past? Recording Welsh Dialects......Page 437
13. The War of the Tongues: Early Anglo-Welsh Responses to Welsh Literary Culture......Page 455
14. The History of the Welsh Language Society 1962–1998......Page 479
15. The Welsh Language Movement and Bilingualism: What Can Local Organizations Achieve?......Page 507
16. We’ll Keep a Welcome? The Effects of Tourism on the Welsh Language......Page 543
17. The Welsh Language and Agricultural Communities in the Twentieth Century......Page 567
18. The Welsh Language and Local Authority Planning in Gwynedd 1974–1995......Page 593
19. The Other Celtic Languages in the Twentieth Century......Page 617
20. Lesser-used Languages and Linguistic Minorities in Europe since 1918: An Overview......Page 643
21. Restoring the Language......Page 673
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D......Page 702
E......Page 703
F......Page 704
G......Page 705
I......Page 706
L......Page 707
M......Page 708
N......Page 709
P......Page 710
R......Page 711
S......Page 712
T......Page 713
W......Page 714
Z......Page 716