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History and the Making and Remaking of Wales

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History, Volume: 100, Issue: 343, Pages: 667 - 684

Swansea University Author: Martin Johnes Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1111/1468-229X.12141

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History - both in the sense of the past itself and representations of that past - has been employed over the centuries to assert a Welsh identity. Indeed, by the early twentieth century, history was a defining constituent of national identity in Wales. This article explores how history continued to...

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ISSN: 00182648
Published: 2015
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