A Tolerant Nation?Exploring Ethnic Diversity in WalesEdited by Charlotte Williams, Neil Evans and Paul O'Learypp xii244 Demy 8vo 2003 paperback 14.99ISBN 0-7083-1759-6Wales is a changing nation. It incorporates peoples of different inheritances, backgrounds and perspectives, all of whom will contribute to shaping the nations future. A Tolerant Nation? presents the first overview of the past two hundred years of ethnic diversity in Wales and demonstrates the significance of this diversity for understanding contemporary Wales.In addition to providing a historical context for understanding Welsh multiculturalism, the essays collected here also discuss dominant views of ethnic diversity in Wales and the ways in which the Welsh themselves have been conceived of as an ethnic minority, both within and outside Wales. Individual essays reflect on issues such as the literary representation of race, Welsh missionary activities, racial tensions, refugees and asylum seekers in Wales, and the question of equality.A Tolerant Nation? illustrates the significant contribution of ethnic minorities in Wales to the development of Welsh economic, social and cultural life. It offers a revealing insight into the rich diversity of contemporary Wales, and fills a glaring gap in current research on the state of the devolved nation.
Charlotte Williams is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Wales, Bangor. In addition to writing widely on issues of racial discrimination and equal opportunity, she is also active in community organisations aimed at protecting the rights of minority ethnic groups on a national and international level. She is the co-editor of Social Work and Minorities: European Perspectives (1998).Neil Evans is Honorary Research Fellow in the School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University, as well as joint editor of Llafur: The Journal of Welsh Peoples History. He has published extensively in many areas of Welsh history, especially on racial and ethnic issues and is currently writing a book on Cardiffs multi-ethnic community, Darker Cardiff: The Underside of the City, 18401960.Paul OLeary is the author of the first book-length study of the Irish in Wales, Immigration and Integration: the Irish in Wales, 17981922 (2000) and is currently researching a book on political language in Victorian Wales. He lectures in the Department of History and Welsh History at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.Contents and Contributors Part One: Imperial WalesA Tolerant Nation? Neil Evans Apes and Cannibals - Literary Representations of the Racial OtherKirsti Bohata Slaughter and Salvation: Welsh Missionary activity and British Imperialism.
Jane Aaron Bringing the Missionary back home: The impact of Welsh Missionary Activity in India on Wales 1880 1947Aled G. Jones Africans in Wales: The story of the Congo Institute Ivor Wynne Jones A Turbulent decade: Molesting Minorities, 1910 -1920Neil Evans Other stories, other contributionsNeil Evans, Paul O'LearyPart Two: Contemporary Wales and Multiculturalism Ethnic Minorities in Contemporary Wales - a demographic profile Charlotte Williams Rural RacismVaughan Robinson Tackling EqualityCharlotte Williams Refugees/Asylum Seekers in WalesVaughan Robinson Getting Involved: Civic and Political Life in WalesPaul Chaney, Charlotte Williams Claiming the National - nation and identity in contemporary Wales Charlotte Williams.