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Claiming the Streets: Processions and Urban Culture in South Wales, c.1830-1880
Author(s): Paul O'Leary (Author)
- Publisher: University of Wales Press
- Publication Date: 15 Oct. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780708321720
- ISBN-13: 0708321720
Book Description
Street processions were a defining feature of life in the Victorian town. They were diverse in character and took place regularly throughout the year in all towns. They provided opportunities for men and women to display themselves in public, carrying banners and flags and accompanied by musical bands. Much of the history of nineteenth-century Wales has been written around political demonstrations and revolt, but this book examines how urban communities in Victorian Wales created inclusive civic identities by using the streets for peaceful processions.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This volume is the first major investigation of processional activity in urban South Wales. It brings to light material which will be new to readers and it offers a refreshing and sometimes challenging new perspective on working-class culture in nineteenth-century South Wales. This book will no doubt become an important reference point, both for urban historians and for readers interested in modern Wales. –Dr Louise Miskell, Department of History and Classics, Swansea University
About the Author
Dr Paul O Leary is senior lecturer in the Department of History and Welsh History, Aberystwyth University. He is joint editor of the Welsh History Review.
