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Jim : the life and work of the James Griffiths : an architect of the welfare state / D. Ben Rees ; foreword by Huw Edwards.
By: Rees, D. Ben (David Ben) [author.]
.Publisher: Liverpool : Modern Welsh Publications, 2020Description: 353 pages : black and white photographs.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781999689889.Subject(s): Griffiths, James, 1890-1975 | Politicians -- Wales -- Biography | Politicians -- Great Britain -- BiographyDDC classification: 920 Summary: "James Griffith should feature prominently in any serious history of Briitsh Labour politics. He was a natural leader, firmly rooted in the trade union world of the coal mines of south Wales. He was a working-class hero who rose to become a cabinet minister and the first Secretary of State for Wales... The remarkable story of James Griffith takes us all the way from the origins of British Labour to the origins of devolved Wales. Ben Rees has crafted a highly readable and authoritative account of the life and times of one of Wales' greatest statesmen"-- Taken from foreword.
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"James Griffith should feature prominently in any serious history of Briitsh Labour politics. He was a natural leader, firmly rooted in the trade union world of the coal mines of south Wales. He was a working-class hero who rose to become a cabinet minister and the first Secretary of State for Wales... The remarkable story of James Griffith takes us all the way from the origins of British Labour to the origins of devolved Wales. Ben Rees has crafted a highly readable and authoritative account of the life and times of one of Wales' greatest statesmen"-- Taken from foreword.