Cornish Studies Volume 3

by Mel Davies (Contribution by), Ken George (Contribution by), Eric Harrsion (Contribution by), John Hurst (Contribution by), Patricia Lay (Contribution by)

Overview

The third volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780859894760
Publisher:	University of Exeter Press
Publication date:	11/01/1995
Series:	Cornish Studies , #3
Edition description:	1
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Collective Action and the Cornish Miner in Australia: An Early Repudiation of the 'Individualistic' Thesis
Mel Davies (University of Western Australia)

Not What They Seemed? Cornish Assisted Immigrants in New South Wales 1837 - 77
Patricia Lay (Australian National University)

Cornish Emigration in Response to Changes in the International Copper Market in the 1860s
Philip Payton (Institute of Cornish Studies)

The Great Western Railway and the Cornish-Celtic Revival
Philip Payton and Paul Thornton (Institute of Cornish Studies)

Which Base for Revived Cornish?
Ken George (University of Plymouth)

Voice from a White Silence: The Manuscripts of Jack Clemo
John Hurst (University of Exeter)

The Significance of Cornish and Scillonian Natural History
Stella Turk (Institute of Cornish Studies)

The Importance of Metaliferous Mining Sites in Cornwall for Wildlife (With Special Reference to Insects)
Adrian Spalding (Institute of Cornish Studies)

Movers and Stayers: A Comparison of Migratory and Non-Migratory Groups in Cornwall 1981 - 1991
Malcolm Williams and Eric Harrison (University of Plymouth)

Housing in Cornwall: A Two Tier System?
Carol Williams (University of Plymouth)

What People are Saying About This

Mairead Nic Craith

Often courageous and always innovative, these new interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to studying Cornwall and the Cornish have allowed Cornish Studies to escape the narrow confines of "English local history" to embrace what have been termed the "new Cornish historiography" and the "new Cornish social science". Nowhere has this been more evident than within the pages of Cornish Studies. itself, the series becoming a showcase for the latest and best Cornish work as well as placing consideration of Cornwall and the Cornish very firmly within the wider context of the "Atlantic Archipelago".
—Professor Máiréad Nic Craith, Academy for Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster

Geraint H. Jenkins

Cornish Studies. provides a fresh, accessible and illuminating insight into the many-sided history and culture of Cornwall. The interdisciplinary and comparative approach encouraged by the editor, Philip Payton, has proved particularly rewarding and has deepened our understanding of Celtic societies in general.
—Professor Geraint H. Jenkins, Director of the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth

Editorial Reviews

"Most articles emphasize Cornish 'difference', and place it in a wider context of European cultural and territorial diversity." Southern History, Vol. 18, 1997

From the Publisher

Cornish Studies. is a wide-ranging and stimulating series. The topics which it covers relate primarily to the development of Cornish culture and society, past and present, but they are often of relevance far beyond Cornwall. It is meticulously edited to a very high standard, and beautifully produced. Its contents and format make it a most attractive and useful contribution to knowledge, accessible to the general reader as well as to the academic.
—Donald E. Meek, Professor of Celtic, University of Edinburgh

Donald E. Meek