Cornish Studies Volume 2
Will be published approx. on 1. September 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
179 pages
978-0-85989-454-8 (ISBN)
Description
The second volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation.
Reviews / Votes
'Most articles emphasize Cornish 'difference', and place it in a wider context of European cultural and territorial diversity.' (Southern History, Vol. 18, 1997)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Exter
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85989-454-8 (9780859894548)
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Persons
Philip Payton is Professor of Cornish and Australian Studies in the University of Exeter and Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies at the University's Cornwall campus. He is also the author of A.L. Rowse in Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot and numerous other books on Cornwall and the Cornish.
Content
1. Introduction
2. The Diffusion of the Hindu-Arabic Numerical System: Numeracy, Literacy, and Historical Analysis of Writing Skills in Seventeenth Century West Cornwall, David Cullum and Peter Wardley
3. Defining the Group: Nineteenth-Century Cornish on the North American Mining Frontier, Ronald M. James
4. Constantine Stonemasons in Search of Work Abroad, 1870-1900, Hoerst Rossler
5. Labour Failure and Liberal Tenacity: Radical Politics and Cornish Political Culture, 1880-1939, Philip Payton
6. Authenticity in the Revival of Cornish, Charles Penglase
7. Tourism in Cornwall: Recent Research and Current Trends, Paul Thornton
8. Celtic Tourism - Some Recent Magnets, John Lowerson
9. Cornwall's Territorial Dilemma: European Region or 'Westcountry' Sub-region?, Alys Thomas
10. Towards a Cornish Identity Theory, Allen E. Ivey
11. An Introductory Note on the Wildlife of Brittany and cornwall with Special Reference to the Lepidoptera, Adrian Spalding
2. The Diffusion of the Hindu-Arabic Numerical System: Numeracy, Literacy, and Historical Analysis of Writing Skills in Seventeenth Century West Cornwall, David Cullum and Peter Wardley
3. Defining the Group: Nineteenth-Century Cornish on the North American Mining Frontier, Ronald M. James
4. Constantine Stonemasons in Search of Work Abroad, 1870-1900, Hoerst Rossler
5. Labour Failure and Liberal Tenacity: Radical Politics and Cornish Political Culture, 1880-1939, Philip Payton
6. Authenticity in the Revival of Cornish, Charles Penglase
7. Tourism in Cornwall: Recent Research and Current Trends, Paul Thornton
8. Celtic Tourism - Some Recent Magnets, John Lowerson
9. Cornwall's Territorial Dilemma: European Region or 'Westcountry' Sub-region?, Alys Thomas
10. Towards a Cornish Identity Theory, Allen E. Ivey
11. An Introductory Note on the Wildlife of Brittany and cornwall with Special Reference to the Lepidoptera, Adrian Spalding