Welsh Not: Education and the Anglicisation of the Nineteenth-century Wales - Couverture souple

Johnes, Martin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1837721807 ISBN 13 : 9781837721801

Editeur : University of Wales Press, 2024

Synopsis

The Welsh Not was a wooden token given to children caught speaking Welsh in nineteenth-century schools. It was often accompanied by corporal punishment, and is widely thought to have been responsible for the decline of the Welsh language. Despite having an iconic status in popular understandings of Wales’s history, there has never before been a study of where, when and why the Welsh Not was used. This book is an account of the different ways children were punished for speaking Welsh in nineteenth-century schools and the consequences of this for children, communities and the linguistic future of Wales. It shows how the exclusion of Welsh was not only traumatic for pupils but also hindered them in learning English – the very opposite of what it was meant to achieve. Gradually, Welsh came to be used increasingly in Victorian schools, making them more humane places but also more effective mechanisms in the anglicisation of Wales.

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À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wales Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1837721807
• ISBN 13: 9781837721801
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 440
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