ABSTRACT

First published in 1984, this book provides the first full study of the carefully planned rising of south Wales miners and ironworkers in 1839 and of its collapse at the confrontation with soldiers of the 45th regiment of Newport. It examines not only the rising itself, but the factors that made it, if not inevitable, then likely. It argues that while the workers’ movement was an immediate response to the grim circumstances of the workplace, it was also deeply rooted in the centuries-old Welsh experience of repression.

This title will be of particular interest to students of Victorian political and social history and well as the history of Wales.

part I|28 pages

Prologue

chapter 1|16 pages

Wales: The Industrial Nation

part II|88 pages

Classes in Conflict

part III|106 pages

The ‘Disturbed Districts’

part IV|26 pages

Considerations

chapter 12|17 pages

The Peculiarities of Wales

chapter 13|7 pages

The Rising Reviewed