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The fourth volume in the acclaimed paperback series . . . the only county series that can legitimately claim to represent the past and present of a nation.
'Most articles emphasize Cornish 'difference', and place it in a wider context of European cultural and territorial diversity.' (Southern History, Vol. 18, 1997)
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.
1. Introduction
2. 'Art Thou of Cornish Crew?': Shakespeare, Henry V and Cornish Identity, Alan M. Kent
3. 'Sir Richard Grenville's Creatures': The New Cornish Tertia, 1644-46, Mark Stoyle
4. Is John of Chyanhor Really a 'Cornish Ruodlieb'?, Brian Murdoch
5. 'Linguistically Sound Principles': the Case Against Kernewek Kemmyn, N.J.A. Williams
6. Language Revival and Language Debate: Modernity and Postmodernity, Bernard Deacon
7. 'Reforming Thirties' and 'Hungry Forties': The Genesis of Cornwall's Emigration Trade, Philip Payton
8. A Century of Centralization: Cornish Health and Healthcare, Rod Sheaff
Research Notes
9. Negative Particles in Cornish, Glanville Price
10. Second Homes in Cornwall, Paul Thornton
Review Articles
11. Foot in the Mouth, or Foot in the Door? Evaluating Chapman's The Celts., Amy Hale
12. Cornish Today: A Modern Cornish Perspective, Neil Kennedy
13. Book Reviews
Notes on Contributors