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Lime, Lemon & Sarsaparilla - The Italian Community in South Wales
Lime, Lemon & Sarsaparilla - The Italian Community in South Wales
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Cyfrol atgofus yn dwyn i gof y profiad Eidalaidd o fyw yn ne Cymru o droad yr 20fed ganrif hyd at y blynyddoedd wedi'r Ail Ryfel Byd, pan oedd y caffi Eidalaidd yn ganolog i fywyd cymdeithasol cymunedau ar draws cymoedd y De.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Lime, Lemon & Sarsaparilla is a wonderful evocation of the Italian experience in south Wales from the turn of the century to the post-war years, when the Italian café was central to social life in communities across the Valleys.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781781724897
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781781724897
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Lime, Lemon & Sarsaparilla - The Italian Community in South Wales
- Awdur / Author
- Hughes, Colin
- Current Price ex VAT
- £9.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £9.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Temporarily out of stock
- Availability Status (CY)
- Allan o stoc dros dro
- Dyddiad argaeledd / Availability Date
- 2020-09-11
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2020-09-11
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Seren
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 148 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Hanes Lleol (yn Saesneg) | EN: Local History (in English)
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
This first detailed book on the subject follows the fortunes of Italian families such as Rabaiotti, Berni, Bracchi, Conti, Fulgoni, Sidoli and many others, and explores their influence on Welsh society. In this award-winning study Colin Hughes, himself a south Walian, explains why so many immigrants from Bardi settled in the area. He looks at the success of Italian temperance bars in non-conformist Wales, and at the economic and social factors which lie behind the rise and fall of the Italian café. His book also includes a revealing chapter on the scandalous treatment of Italian internees, and the Arandora Star tragedy in which so many died when their ship to Canada was torpedoed by a U-boat. Fully illustrated with contemporary photographs, and with a Foreword by Welsh-Italian actor Victor Spinetti, Lime, Lemon & Sarsaparilla is a fascinating history of our recent past. "Splendid and sensitively written account... essential reading for all who wish to have a fuller understanding of how modern Wales was built." – Hywel Francis "A nice blend of meticulous scholarship and good historical storytelling. Hughes' book is delightfully written and conveys a strong sense of both place and time." – Studi Emigrazione "Hughes is to be congratulated, [he has] charted the history of this migrant population with exceptional devotion... brand new territory." – Times Literary Supplement
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