Cornish Studies Volume 2

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-85989-454-8
Verlag: University of Exeter Press - IPSUK

Buch, Englisch, 179 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Payton, Philip, Prof.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Cullum, David

Ivey, Allen E.

James, Ronald M.

Lowerson, John

Payton, Philip, Prof.

Penglase, Charles

Rossler, Hörst

Spalding, Adrian

Thomas, Alys

Thornton, Paul

Wardley, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Payton, Philip, Prof.
Philip Payton is Emeritus Professor in the University of Exeter and Professor of History at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and is the former Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies in the University of Exeter. He edited Cornish Studies, published annually from 1993-2013, the only series of publications that seeks to investigate and understand the complex nature of Cornish identity, as well as to discuss its implications for society and governance in contemporary Cornwall.

He has written extensively on Cornish topics, and recent books include A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005), Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia’s Little Cornwall (2007), John Betjeman and Cornwall: ‘The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist’ (2010), and (edited with Alston Kennerley and Helen Doe), The Maritime History of Cornwall (2014). He has recently been awarded South Australian Historian of the Year 2017 by the History Council of South Australia.

Payton, Philip, Prof.
Philip Payton is Emeritus Professor in the University of Exeter and Professor of History at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and is the former Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies in the University of Exeter. He edited Cornish Studies, published annually from 1993-2013, the only series of publications that seeks to investigate and understand the complex nature of Cornish identity, as well as to discuss its implications for society and governance in contemporary Cornwall.

He has written extensively on Cornish topics, and recent books include A.L. Rowse and Cornwall: A Paradoxical Patriot (2005), Making Moonta: The Invention of Australia’s Little Cornwall (2007), John Betjeman and Cornwall: ‘The Celebrated Cornish Nationalist’ (2010), and (edited with Alston Kennerley and Helen Doe), The Maritime History of Cornwall (2014). He has recently been awarded South Australian Historian of the Year 2017 by the History Council of South Australia.

James, Ronald M.
Ronald M. James has taught and published in the fields of history and folklore for five decades. He was adjunct faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno, and is a retired state historic preservation officer, also serving as chair of the National Historic Landmarks Committee. An I.T.T. Fellow studying folklore in Ireland, 1981–1982, he is a bard in the Gorsedh Kernow. He has authored or co-authored thirteen books and contributed chapters and articles to many more, including The Folklore of Cornwall: The Oral Tradition of a Celtic Nation (UEP, 2018), which was a finalist for the Katharine Briggs Award.

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.