Welsh Not: Education and the Anglicisation of the Nineteenth-Century Wales by Johnes, Martin

Welsh Not: Education and the Anglicisation of the Nineteenth-Century Wales

A radical reinterpretation of the effect of excluding Welsh from schools on the fortunes of the language....
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Author: Martin Johnes
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Welsh Not: Education and the Anglicisation of the Nineteenth-Century Wales by Johnes, Martin

Welsh Not: Education and the Anglicisation of the Nineteenth-Century Wales

€24,09

Welsh Not: Education and the Anglicisation of the Nineteenth-Century Wales

€24,09
Author: Martin Johnes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A radical reinterpretation of the effect of excluding Welsh from schools on the fortunes of the language.

Most people in Wales know that some children in the nineteenth century were victims of the Welsh Not, a wooden board hung around the necks of children who were heard speaking Welsh. Use of the Welsh Not was often followed by a physical punishment, and it is often named as a key reason for Welsh decline. Despite how well-known the Welsh Not is, this is the first study that interrogates where, when, and why it was used. This book is an account of the different ways children were punished for speaking Welsh in nineteenth-century elementary schools and the consequences of this for children, communities, and the linguistic future of Wales. It shows how the exclusion of Welsh hindered pupils from learning English, the very thing it was meant to achieve. Thus, gradually over the century, Welsh came to be used more and more in schools, making them a more effective mechanism in the Anglicization of Wales.

Author: Martin Johnes
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Published: 12/23/2024
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781837721801

About the Author
Martin Johnes is professor of modern history at Swansea University in the UK and one of Wales' best-known historians. He is the author of a series of books on Welsh history, including Wales: England's Colony?, which was turned into a television series by the BBC.


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