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Labour's Crisis : Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives, and the Decline of the Labour Party in North-West Wales, 1960-74
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Andrew, 1964-
- Series:
- Studies in Welsh History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plaid Cymru--History--20th century.
- Plaid Cymru.
- Wales Labour Party--History--20th century.
- Wales Labour Party.
- Welsh Conservatives (Political party)--History--20th century.
- Welsh Conservatives (Political party).
- Economics.
- Labor.
- Wales, North--Politics and government--20th century.
- Wales, North.
- Local Subjects:
- Economics.
- Labor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Labour''s Crisis
- Labour's Crisis
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While the rise and success of the Labour party in Wales during the twentieth century has received a significant amount of attention from historians, this is the first book to provide an in-depth analysis of its fragility and decline during the post-war period. Focussing on the understudied political terrain of north-west Wales the book explores the social, cultural and economic factors that undermined Labour's popularity and led to its defeat at the hands of both Plaid Cymru and the Conservative party. The book also challenges some popular myths in Welsh political history, notably the reasons
- Contents:
- Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Table of appendices; Introduction; The Social, Economic and Political Climate inNorth-west Wales, 1945-1974; The Development and Limitations of Labour'sAppeal, 1960-1970; The Emergence of a Challenge (i): Plaid Cymru,1960-1970; The Emergence of a Challenge (II): TheConservative Party, 1960-1970; Plaid Cymru's Breakthrough: Political Change,1970-1974; Epilogue: The Road to 1979; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780708324264
- 0708324266
- OCLC:
- 769342465
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