Beschreibung:
In this fully revised and up-dated edition of The Cornish Overseas, Philip Payton draws upon almost two decades of additional research undertaken by historians the world over since the first paperback version of this book was published in 2005. Now published by University of Exeter Press, this edition of Philip Payton's classic history of Cornwall's 'great emigration' takes account of numerous new sources to present a comprehensive, definitive picture of the Cornish diaspora.
A Culture of MobilityThe Rage for Emigration
Bonanzas and Bugbears - Latin America
From Famine to Frontier - The Hungry Forties and the First American Mining Boom
South Australia's Copper Kingdom
Gold! The Californian Rush
Gold! The Victorian Rush
Crashed Copper, Tumbled Tin & 'The Largest Cornish Communities Beyond Land's End'
New Frontiers - Australia
New Frontiers - North America
'But a Suburb of Cornwall' - South Africa
'All Hail! Old Cornwall! May Thy Glory Last' - The End of an Era
An Enduring Identity? The Cornish in a Globalised World