Cornwall

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Cornwall, one of Britain's most popular tourist destinations, is also one of the least well understood. In Cornwall today, there is a greater recognition of Cornish identity, and the close Celtic ties with Wales and Brittany, than ever before. But its Celtic history co-exists with a thousand years of political and cultural influence from England. Imagined as both Celtic country and English county, Cornwall is a land of contrasts. This book traces the creative tensions produced by its unique history, from an independent British kingdom through a culturally distinct medieval province and a prominent industrial region in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to its present location as a post-industrial paradox: nation, region and county all wrapped in one.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-01
Mått:162 x 219 x 10 mm
Vikt:463 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Histories of Europe
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:University of Wales Press
ISBN:9780708320327

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Lokalhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Bernard Deacon is Lecturer in Cornish Studies in the Institute of Cornish Studies, based at the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus near Penryn. Born and brought up in east Cornwall, he worked for several years teaching social sciences and politics for the Open University and Cornish history for the Department of Lifelong Learning at Exeter University, before joining the Institute of Cornish Studies in 2001. He is currently researching and writing on the migration and community history of nineteenth century Cornwall.

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'Bernard Deacon has done an excellent job in collating, condensing and analyzing this huge range of work. This is a useful and readable book dealing with often complex and conflicting issues and events in a lucid and highly informative way.'Anthony Wood, Planet 190