Reinventing a Small, Worldly City

Taylor & Francis

Reinventing a Small, Worldly CityThe Cultural and Social Transformation of Cardiff\nAuthor(s): Ana Gonalves\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781472447388, 978-1472447388\nSynopsis\nFocusing on Cardiff, the capital city of Wales in the UK, this book reflects on a contemporary small European city its development, characteristics, and present struggles. Following a century in which it was dubbed the worlds coaltropolis, the decline in demand for coal meant that Cardiff endured an acute process of de-industrialisation. In seeking to address this and the related high levels of unemployment, it has experienced a process of cultural and social reinvention since the 1980s, and more significantly after Wales turned into a devolved nation in the late 1990s. Cardiffs development from a small port into a capital city is examined and special attention is paid to the citys cultural and social transformation in recent decades tha.