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A full colour map, based on digitised OS maps of Swansea of about
1919, with its medieval past overlain and important buildings
picked out. The map includes an inset map of Mumbles and its
medieval castle. In the Middle Ages, Swansea (Abertawe) became a
centre for trade around the mouth of the river Tawe. Following
Norman control of the area, Swansea Castle was established in the
early 12th century and a borough charter was granted at the end of
that century. Great growth began in the 17th century with the
establishment of copper-smelting in the area of the lower Tawe
valley, an industry which grew until Swansea was the world capital
of the copper industry - hence its nickname of 'Copperopolis'.
Initially using ore from Cornwall, Swansea took advantage of its
local coal resources and its good port facilities to process
copper, arsenic, tin, gold and other metals, using imported raw
materials from all over the world. The port exported the final
products, along with many tons of coal. At the time of the
background map shown here, heavy industry and its spoil heaps
dominated the lower Tawe valley, and extensive docks dominated the
south of the town, but evidence of its medieval past and its street
layout survived. The remains of the Norman castle became a
workhouse and the course of the river Tawe had been altered to make
access for ships easier.
Jews have played a constant and diverse role in the growth of
cinema and film-making. This unique book provides a catalogue of
over 1,200 films about Jews and Jewish history, culture,
personalities, and issues. It contains entries that have been
collected from a variety of sources worldwide (much of it personal
correspondence with film-makers themselves) and there is
international coverage of the following genres: documentaries;
foreign language films; Hollywood features; film testimony;
made-for-television mini-series, dramas, and documentaries;
educational/instructional films; and Yiddish cinema. Coverage spans
from Wallace McCutcheon's silent two-reeler, "Old Isaac, the
Pawnbroker" (1907) to Erwin Leiser's new film, "The Class of
1940/Jahrgang 1940," to be released in 1992. Short, medium, and
full-length films and monumental mini-series are included--from
Evald SchroM's 12-minute "Psalm/Zalm" to Dan Curtis's 18-hour "War
and Remembrance."
The second part of the book provides a section of comprehensive
indexes, cross-referencing all films by subject (e.g. Amsterdam,
the Catskill mountains, Nazi propaganda films, the Six Day War,
Yiddish culture), director, country of production (at least 28,
from Argentina to Yugoslavia), and source material (i.e. novels,
plays, stories, diaries). The volume also includes a list of Jewish
film festivals and useful addresses of archives and institutes, as
well as a bibliography. This is an extremely valuable book for
filmographers, historians, researchers, students, libraries,
institutes, festival programmers, and film buffs.
A full colour map, based on digitised OS maps of Swansea of about
1919, with its medieval past overlain and important buildings
picked out. The map includes an inset map of Mumbles and its
medieval castle. In the Middle Ages, Swansea (Abertawe) became a
centre for trade around the mouth of the river Tawe. Following
Norman control of the area, Swansea Castle was established in the
early 12th century and a borough charter was granted at the end of
that century. Great growth began in the 17th century with the
establishment of copper-smelting in the area of the lower Tawe
valley, an industry which grew until Swansea was the world capital
of the copper industry - hence its nickname of 'Copperopolis'.
Initially using ore from Cornwall, Swansea took advantage of its
local coal resources and its good port facilities to process
copper, arsenic, tin, gold and other metals, using imported raw
materials from all over the world. The port exported the final
products, along with many tons of coal. At the time of the
background map shown here, heavy industry and its spoil heaps
dominated the lower Tawe valley, and extensive docks dominated the
south of the town, but evidence of its medieval past and its street
layout survived. The remains of the Norman castle became a
workhouse and the course of the river Tawe had been altered to make
access for ships easier.
This book surveys the economy of Wales from the first Norman
intrusions of 1067 to the Act of Union of England and Wales in
1536. Key themes include the evolution of the agrarian economy; the
foundation and growth of towns; the adoption of a money economy;
English colonization and economic exploitation; the collapse of
Welsh social structures and rise of economic individualism; the
disastrous effect of the Glyndwr rebellion; and, ultimately, the
alignment of the Welsh economy to the English economy. Comprising
four chapters, a narrative history is presented of the economic
history of Wales, 1067-1536, and the final chapter tests the
applicability in a Welsh context of the main theoretical frameworks
that have been developed to explain long-term economic and social
change in medieval Britain and Europe.
This book uses, principally but not only, a case study of the
Denbighshire town of Ruthin to discuss both the significance of
Englishness versus Welshness and of gender distinctions in the
network of small Anglo-Welsh urban centres which emerged in north
Wales following the English conquest of 1282. It carefully
constructs an image of the way in which townspeople's everyday
lives were influenced by their ethnic background, gender, wealth
and social status. In this manner it explores and explains the
motivations of English and welsh townspeople to work together in
the mutual pursuit of prosperity and social stability.
Wren's Summer Day is a brightly illustrated and gently lyrical look
at the natural life on an old farm. In this delightful children's
book, a pair of wrens nest and nurture their young under the barn
eaves at the farm. The wrens start their day caring for their
hatchlings and hunting for food. When the sun hits its zenith, the
farm animals pursue cool shelter and interact with pond life. It is
a long, hot summer day and wildlife comes to the stream to drink.
See how the birds, reptiles and mammals interact, sharing in the
daily life of the farm. When a strong, windy thunderstorm evolves
from the heat, the animals scurry to safety and the wrens rush to
cover their nest. Following the storm, the brightening skies of
nature's ever-changing cycle offer the promise of a new tomorrow.
Matthew Stevens and his family live on a farm in New Hampshire. A
former landscape designer, he is working on his next book. Wren's
Summer Day was illustrated by Anna Goodale.Publisher's website:
http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/WrensSummerDay.html
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