Cardiganshire and the Cardi, c.1760-c.2000 : locating a place and its people / by Mike Benbough-Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benbough-Jackson, Mike.

Series:

Studies in Welsh history ; 30.

Studies in Welsh history ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ceredigion (Wales)--History.

Ceredigion (Wales).

Ceredigion (Wales)--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xi, 290 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.

Summary:

This is the thirtieth volume to be published in the Studies in Welsh History series. For further titles in the series, see www.uwp.co.uk

The Cardi is the Welsh equivalent of the Yorkshire man and Aberdonian: a hard-headed, thrifty, business-minded individual whose mores set him apart from his countrymen. We learn what inspired this reputation - and the reasons why the Cardi came to occupy such a prominent place in the popular imagination - in Mike Benbough-Jackson's representational history

Between the late eighteenth and the early twenty-first centuries, the image of the county and people underwent significant changes. Political, moral and economic interests, from within and outside the county, Wales and beyond, recast Cardiganshire and the Cardi. By identifying these various and sometimes conflicting images, this study demonstrates how a county with a relatively small population was able to assume a cultural presence in Wales and beyond which was out of all proportion to its size.

How people saw Cardiganshire and the Cardi depended on their interests and sympathies. Attention is paid to the ways in which the county and its inhabitants were named and positioned in relation to values and ideas about the past and future. A number of sources, including poems, newspapers, travel guides and manuscripts, are drawn upon, and the thoughts of all commentators, whether they were politicians, tinkers, joke-writers or academics, are accorded equal importance because each help explain how this county was able to assume such a cultural presence. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Introduction: Locus and Focus 1

II Visits and Advice, c. 1760-1830 36

III Inspection and Integration, 1830-1870 73

IV Decline and Elevation, 1870-1914 111

V Liberal and Individual, 1914-1945 152

VI Concern and Joking, 1945-C.2000 191

VII Conclusion: Different but Similar 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [252]-280) and index.

ISBN:

9780708323946

0708323944

OCLC:

711053421