`...a book of high quality, shrewd and frank, but above all thorough and just...He has handled the most explosive material known to historians, modern nationalism...' (The Economist)
`...this work of sustained and impeccable scholarship, agreeably written and informed by shrewd insight...' (Listener)
‘ . . . with skill and insight . . . There is also much excellent information on such Welsh figures as Tom Ellis, Stuart Rendel, and a host of other personages active in Welsh politics during this period.’ American Historical Review
‘ . . . it is a work of importance and assured future standing.’ English Historical Review
The author illustrates the nature and the limitations of political nationalism that arose in Wales in the last century, and investigates its impact upon Welsh politics and society. He outlines and explains the growing awareness of opinion outside Wales of the distinctive needs of the Principality, as the indifference, if not contempt, of mid-Victorian Britain gradually gave way to a more intelligent, if sometimes still patronizing, understanding. An Epilogue takes the account down to 1970, and this revised edition incorporates a number of minor amendments and additions.