Of Red Flags and Red Dragons: Welsh Labour History in Retrospect and Prospect

IF 0.3 3区 历史学 Q4 Arts and Humanities
Martin Wright
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Welsh labour historiography has been dominated by the history of the south Wales miners, with the north Wales quarrymen occupying second place, and other groups of workers having received less attention. This is partly due to the dominant assumptions of labour historians which are tied up with ideas of modernization and universalism, and which have privileged anglophone accounts of the past. The Welsh radical tradition, although well explored and documented within Wales, has not been sufficiently recognized within narratives of British labour history. Rather, the emergence and subsequent dominance of the Labour Party has tended to occlude an earlier, vibrant, and diverse Welsh radical history. Now, half a century after the professional organization of Welsh labour historians, thoroughgoing deindustrialization and political devolution have created a new context for a new generation of labour historians who have no direct memory of a Wales dominated by heavy industry. This provides both challenges and opportunities. Welsh and British labour historians have much to gain by developing a closer relationship, and this will involve striking a careful balance between universalist and particularist interpretations of labour’s Welsh history.
红旗与红龙:威尔士劳工史的回顾与展望
威尔士劳工史学一直以南威尔士矿工的历史为主导,北威尔士采石工次之,其他工人群体受到的关注较少。这部分是由于劳工史学家的主导假设与现代化和普遍主义的思想相联系,并使英语国家对过去的描述享有特权。威尔士的激进传统虽然在威尔士得到了很好的发掘和记录,但在英国劳工史的叙述中却没有得到充分的认可。相反,工党的出现和随后的主导地位往往掩盖了威尔士更早的、充满活力和多样化的激进历史。现在,在威尔士劳工史学家专业组织成立半个世纪后,彻底的去工业化和政治权力下放为新一代劳工史学家创造了新的环境,他们对重工业主导下的威尔士没有直接记忆。这既是挑战也是机遇。威尔士和英国的劳工史学家可以通过发展更紧密的关系获益良多,这将需要在对威尔士劳工历史的普遍主义和特殊主义解释之间达成谨慎的平衡。
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