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The long resolution? Responding to economic and social change in postwar South Wales

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Soundings, Volume: 84, Issue: 84, Pages: 212 - 224

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DOI (Published version): 10.3898/soun.84-85.13.2023

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This article investigates the period between the late-1950s and the mid-1970s, a time when millions of people in Britain moved from towns and older industrial settlements to the urban periphery. South Wales offers a particularly interesting perspective as many moves were within twenty miles and seem...

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ISSN: 1362-6620 1362-6620
Published: London Lawrence and Wishart 2023
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