Cornish Studies Volume 2

Book cover: Cornish Studies Volume 2

Extent: 179 pages

Publisher: University of Exeter Press

Subjects: Cultural Studies

Series: Cornish Studies

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(September 1994)

ISBN: 9780859894548

5.91 x 9.02 inches

Price: $33.00

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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.


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.


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


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

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