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Welsh history and its sources

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2.1.9 Wales 1880–1914

This is the introductory essay to the volume Wales 1880–1914. It is by Professor Gareth Elwyn Jones, one of the co-editors of the Welsh History and its Sources series.

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2.1.9 Wales 1880–1914