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OverviewReflecting work in a range of subject areas, this series includes local history, archaeology, regional development, ethnicity, alternative energy, Celtic studies, environmentalism, language and dialect, nationalism and tourism. Covering a wide set of topics, this text examines areas such as: mining in Cornwall; the Great Western Railway and the Cornish Celtic revival; the importance of mining sites for wildlife; Cornish natural history; emigration in the 1860s; and the poetry of Jack Clemo. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Prof. Philip Payton , Mel Davies , Ken George , Eric HarrsionPublisher: University of Exeter Press Imprint: University of Exeter Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.350kg ISBN: 9780859894760ISBN 10: 0859894762 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 01 November 1995 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Collective Action and the Cornish Miner in Australia: An Early Repudiation of the 'Individualistic' Thesis, Mel Davis 3. Not What They Seemed? Cornish Assisted Immigrants in New South Wales, 1837-77, Patricia Lay 4. Cornish Emigration in Response to Changes in the International Copper Market in the 1860's, Philip Payton 5. The Great Western Railway and the Cornish-Celtic Revival, Philip Payton and Paul Thornton 6. Which Base for Revived Cornish?, Ken George 7. Voice from a White Silence: the Manuscripts of Jack Clemo, John Hurst 8. The Significance of cornish and Scillonian Natural History, Stella Turk 9. The Importance of Metaliferous Mining Sites in Cornwall for Wildlife (with Special Reference to Insects), Adrian Spalding 10. Movers and Stayers: A Comparison of Migratory and Non-Migratory Groups in Cornwall 1981-1991, Malcolm Williams and Eric Harrison 11. Housing in Cornwall: a Two-Tier System?, Carol Williams 12. Book ReviewsReviews... Most articles emphasize Cornish 'difference', and place it in a wider context of European cultural and territorial diversity. Southern History, Vol. 18, 1997 Author InformationPhilip 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |