Cornish Studies Volume 6

by Tony Champion (Contribution by), Bernard Deacon (Contribution by), Brian Elvins (Contribution by), Ron Elzey (Contribution by), Richard Gendall (Contribution by)

Overview

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

Contributions by
Tony Champion, Bernard Deacon, Brian Elvins, Ron Elzey, Richard Gendall, Anthony P. Grant, Alan M. Kent, Joanna Mattingly, Emma Mitchell, Philip Payton, Glanville Price, Malcolm Smith, Matthew Spriggs, Nicholas Williams, Malcolm Williams and Peter Wills

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780859896108
Publisher:	University of Exeter Press
Publication date:	11/01/1998
Series:	Cornish Studies , #6
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 9.02(h) x (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

Malcolm Smith (University of Durham)
'Genetic Variation and Celtic Population History'

Joanna Mattingly (Institute of Cornish Studies)
'The Helston Shoemakers' Gild and a Possible Connection with the 1549 Rebellion'

Matthew Spriggs (Australian National University)
'The Reverend Joseph Sherwood: A Cornish Language Will o' The Wisp?'

Emma Mitchell (University of London)
'The Myth of Objectivity: The Cornish Language and the Eighteenth-century Antiquarians'

Brian Elvins (retired)
'Cornwall's Unsung Political Hero: Sir John Colman Rashleigh, 1772-1847'

Bernard Deacon (University of Exeter)
'A Forgotten Migration Stream: The Cornish Movement to England and Wales in the Nineteenth Century'

Malcolm Williams (University of Plymouth) and Tony Champion (University of Newcastle)
'Cornwall, Poverty and In-migration'

Ron Elzey (University of Plymouth)
'In-migration to Newquay: Migrants' Lifestyles and Perspectives on Environments'

Peter Wills (New Cornish Studies Forum)
'Cornish Regional Development: Evaluation, Europe and Evolution'

Editorial Reviews

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

Geraint H. Jenkins

...essential reading for any 'student of Cornwall'” –Cornish Forefathers Society, April 1999

Cornish Forefathers Society

"...essential reading for any 'student of Cornwall" (Cornish Forefathers Society, April 1999) "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)

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