Rhondda, A Second Selection - Images of Wales (Paperback, illustrated edition)

This new selection of over 200 photographs and postcards from Rhondda's past continues the work of the previous publication in chronicling the rich pictorial history of these two famous valleys. The abundance of excellent images is striking, but unsurprising, since life and labour in Rhondda offered a range of subject material that modern-day photographers can only gape at. The townships of the Fawr and Fach are again treated separately but unifying and distinctive themes emerge clearly: the economic mastery of coal; the fierce sense of community; the energy of the people which has been expressed in a myriad of social activities organised often in spite of a poverty of resources. The people of Rhondda are captured at work and at leisure in their sporting clubs, their choirs and bands and even by the pigeon cote, and also at more serious times such as the 1910-11 Cambrian Combine Strike, the 1926 Miners' Strike or the aftermath of landslides and flooding. Through its pages, this book leads the reader the length and breadth of the two valleys, gradually revealing a world lost, but never to be forgotten.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 1995
First published:	November 1995
Authors:	Simon Eckley • Emrys Jenkins
Dimensions:	240 x 172 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	128
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7524-0308-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Travel > Places & peoples: general interest
LSN:	0-7524-0308-7
Barcode:	9780752403083

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