Industrial Society
- Alternative title
- Y Gymru Ddiwydiannol
- Synopsis
- A multimedia study of the visual culture of Wales during its industrial age between 1750 and 1960. Investigates the relations between communities, image-makers and images as Welsh industrial society evolved from rural beginnings into a key world-wide supplier of coal, copper, slate, iron and steel. An electronic version of ‘Industrial Society’ by Peter Lord, containing 600 images (many rediscovered or not otherwise on public view); quotations, interviews, archive sound, film clips and virtual panoramas; artists’ biographies; glossary, bibliography, timeline, map.
- Series
- Visual Culture of Wales, The
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; Dual platform PC Windows/Apple Macintosh.
- Year of production
- 2000
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £26.53 (+VAT +p&p)
- Notes
- Available in Welsh as: Y GYMTU DDIWYDIANNOL (CD-ROM).
- Documentation
- Associated book: ‘Industrial Society’ by Peter Lord.
VF 42, p.21 - Subjects
- Art; History
- Keywords
- history of art; history of Wales; industrialisation; social history; Wales
Credits
- Writer
- Peter Lord
Production Company
- Name
Alt-J Subscriptions
- Phone
- 0222 231919
- Fax
- 0222 230908
- Address
- 6 Gwennyth Street
Cathays
CARDIFF
CF2 4YD
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
- Name
University of Wales Press
- Web
- http://www.wales.ac.uk/press External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 029 2023 1919
- Fax
- 029 2023 0908
- Address
- 6 Gwennyth Street
Cathays
CF24 4YD
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