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OverviewA 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Martin JohnesPublisher: University of Wales Press Imprint: University of Wales Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781837721801ISBN 10: 1837721807 Pages: 440 Publication Date: 15 October 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations and notes on referencing 1. The Welsh Not in History and Memory 2. The Age of the Welsh Not: Language and Punishment before 1862 3. Learning without Understanding: The Problems of Education before 1862 4. The Welsh Not’s Afterlife: Punishing Welsh Speaking after the 1862 Revised Code 5. The Employment of Welsh in Schools after the 1862 Revised Code 6. Enemies of the Welsh Language? Her Majesty’s Inspectors and the British State 7. Victims and Rebels: Children and the Welsh Not 8. Parental and Community Attitudes towards Education and the Welsh Language 9. Education and the Anglicisation of Wales BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationMartin 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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