Cornish Studies Volume 2

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.

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

• 1. Introduction2. 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 Wardley3. Defining the Group: Nineteenth-Century Cornish on the North American Mining Frontier, Ronald M. James4. Constantine Stonemasons in Search of Work Abroad, 1870-1900, Hoerst Rossler5. Labour Failure and Liberal Tenacity: Radical Politics and Cornish Political Culture, 1880-1939, Philip Payton6. Authenticity in the Revival of Cornish, Charles Penglase7. Tourism in Cornwall: Recent Research and Current Trends, Paul Thornton8. Celtic Tourism - Some Recent Magnets, John Lowerson9. Cornwall's Territorial Dilemma: European Region or 'Westcountry' Sub-region?, Alys Thomas10. Towards a Cornish Identity Theory, Allen E. Ivey11. An Introductory Note on the Wildlife of Brittany and cornwall with Special Reference to the Lepidoptera, Adrian Spalding