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)

Covering such aspects as politics, journalism, broadcasting, education, religion and literature, this text presents a comprehensive history of the Welsh language, exploring its changing significance throughout the 20th century. 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 A......Page 699 C......Page 700 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 This volume provides the first authoritative and thorough analysis of the fortunes of the Welsh language in the most tumultuous period of its history. Twenty-one chapters discuss not only the numerical and territorial decline of Welsh but also its struggle for official recognition and its role in a wide variety of social domains. Editors, Geraint H. Jenkins And Mari A. Williams. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. In English With Quotations In Welsh.