| ID | 111866 |
| Title Proper | Beer and Britannia |
| Other Title Information | public-house culture and the construction of nineteenth-century British-Welsh industrial identity |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Pritchard, Ian |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Prior to industrialisation, there was a nebulous and fragmented Welsh national character or mass collective identity. Industrialisation engendered significant sociocultural upheaval and change, and for this 'new' society to function effectively a cohesive Welsh identity had to emerge. Because the impetus behind industrialisation had occurred primarily in a British context, any newly formed Welsh identity would ultimately have to be reconciled to the nation's industrial import within a 'United Kingdom'. Mass cultural commonalities and the role played by leisure in this procedure is a core element in the establishment of industrial modernist nation-states. Therefore, this article argues that public-house culture played a central role in the construction of a new industrial Welsh national ideology that was ultimately allied to, and a constituent of, a British imperial agenda designed to exploit both the natural resources and workforce of the area to its maximum extent. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 18, No.2; Apr 2012: p.326-345 |
| Journal Source | Nations and Nationalism Vol. 18, No.2; Apr 2012: p.326-345 |
| Key Words | Alcohol ; British - Welsh ; Class ; Hegemony ; Identity ; Industrial ; Public House ; Wales |