In <i>The Language of the Blue Books</i>, Gwyneth Tyson Roberts examines the Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales, published in 1847. This report, also known as the Treachery of the Blue Books, castigated the Welsh working class as ignorant, lazy, and immoral.

In <i>The Language of the Blue Books</i>, Gwyneth Tyson Roberts examines the Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into the State of Education in Wales, published in 1847. This report, also known as the Treachery of the Blue Books, castigated the Welsh working class as ignorant, lazy, and immoral.

Author: Gwyneth Tyson Roberts
Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
No of pages: 272
Format: Paperback | Clawr meddal
Size: 234.0 x 156.0 mm
Language: English | Saesneg
Publication date: November 4, 2011

Genre:

• Social & cultural history
• History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
• Welsh Life and Customs (in English)
• Social and cultural history

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