Cornish Studies Volume 5

Contributions by Rob Burton, Dick Cole, Bernard Deacon, Amy Hale, F. L. Harris, David Harvey, Lynette Olson, Prof. Philip Payton, Ronald Perry, F, Roff Rayner, Andy Seward, Garry Tregidga Edited by Prof. Philip Payton

Publication date:

01 November 1997

Length of book:

200 pages

Publisher

University of Exeter Press

Dimensions:

229x150mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780859895514

The fifth volume in this acclaimed paperback series covers a wide range of topics, including Celtic Cornwall, Cornish politics, the Cornish economy, Cornish genetics, constructions of language and race in contemporary Cornwall, Cornish rugby, and education in Cornwall.

1. Introduction

2. Cornwall in Context: The New Cornish Historiography, Philip Payton

3. The Cornish: Identity and Genetics - An Alternative View, Dick Cole

4. The Tithing Framework of West Cornwall: A Proposed Pattern and an Interpretation of Territorial Origins, David Harvey

5. Tyranny in Beunans Meriasek, Lynette Olson

6. Proto-industrialisation and Potatoes: A Revised Narrative for Nineteenth-Century Cornwall, Bernard Deacon

7. Rethinking Celtic Cornwall: An Ethnographic Approach, Amy Hale

8. Genesis of the Celto-Cornish Revival? L.C. Duncombe-Jewell and the Cowethas Kelto-Kernuak, Amy Hale

9. Celtic Revival and Economic Development in Edwardian Cornwall, Ronald Perry

10. The Politics of the Celto-Cornish Revival, 1886-1939, Garry Tregidga

11. A Passion to Exist: Cultural Hegemony and the Roots of Cornish Identity, Rob Burton

12. Cornish Rugby and Cultural Identity: A Socio-historical Perspective, Andy Seward

Research Note

13. Cornwall Education Week: Seventy Years On, F. Roff Rayner, F.L. Harris, Philip Payton

14. Book Review

Notes on Contributors

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