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

Johnes, Martin

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1837721807 ISBN 13: 9781837721801

Casa editrice: Univ of Wales Pr, 2024

Riassunto

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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

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.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of Wales Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1837721807
• ISBN 13: 9781837721801
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 360
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile