Over the course of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, Wales experienced its most sustained and prononounced phase of demographic growth. Migration was a critical catalyst in this process, of which the most substantial contributors in terms of absolute volume wer…
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Medieval castle slighting is the phenomenon in which a high-status fortification is demolished in a time of conflict. At its heart are issues about symbolism, the role of castles in medieval society, and the politics of power. Although examples can be found throughout the Middle…
Sociological theorists conventionally see national identity as 'shaped' by large-scale social institutions that operate across a national territory. In this context national identity is a collective phenomenon produced by generic processes of cultural and political socialization…
This thesis examines different understandings of 'landscape' in Wales between 1900 and 1950, and the implications of these 'ways of seeing' for questions of nationhood and national identity. The bridge between these conceptual and political realms is the practice of rural planni…
This thesis comprises a novel and poetics exploring how creative writing practice can be influenced by engaging in psychogeographic studies of landscapes containing nuclear power stations. The focus of this research is the Exclusion Zone surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power S…
Conflict or battlefield archaeology has been steadily gaining traction within British archaeology since the 1990s. Methods of inquiry unique to conflict archaeology, allied to a growing body of theory, have enabled archaeologists to define and reconstruct events of past conflict…
The creation of devolved institutions in Scotland and Wales in 1999 provided nationalist parties in both the opportunity to act within an institution solely within their nation’s territorial boundaries. In 2007, they entered government for the first time. In so doing, the Scotti…
This thesis explores the newly established role of midwife practitioner (MP) and its impact on midwives and obstetricians in a maternity unit in Wales. MPs manage the care of women at high obstetric risk and carry out aspects of care, such as assessment, diagnosis and the develo…
This thesis examines patterns of mortality in interwar south Wales and assesses the relative influences of various social factors in determining those patterns. Chapters on income, expenditure, housing, environment, diet and medical services describe and evaluate the material co…
This thesis examines the cultural and social history of Cardiff City Mental Hospital during the tenure of its first medical superintendent, Dr Edwin Goodall. When the hospital opened in 1908 the asylum movement was at a low point with numbers increasing and recovery rates fallin…
An historical account of Welsh, Basque, Algerian, and Quebec nationalist movements suggests a comparative framework through which the recent "reawakening" of Estonian nationalism may be best analyzed. The relationship between the social construction of nationalism and the mainte…
Outdoor activity tourism in Wales is booming, contributing up to 6% of the Welsh economy in 2013 and over 8,000 FTE positions (White & Smith, 2014). With 2,700km of coastline and 26% of the land area designated as protected landscapes, Wales’ natural resources for outdoor sp…
This thesis will demonstrate that the literature of Wales and Catalonia, two small stateless nations that are dominated by larger states with a different majority culture (the United Kingdom and Spain), can be read as resistance literature. However, crucially, it will focus on a…
The seminal case of Owens v Owens attracted an unprecedented level of attention to divorce law by highlighting the practical and theoretical failings of a system predicated on fault. It also spurred the Government to take active steps towards reforming the requirements for divor…