Bernard W. Deacon es un académico multidisciplinar centrado en la Cornualles de los siglos XVIII y XIX, su idioma y su identidad. Su trabajo profundiza en los cambios demográficos, la gobernanza en regiones periféricas y la presentación de la identidad cornwallesa. Hablante fluido de la lengua de Cornualles, Deacon participa activamente en su revitalización y en organizaciones dedicadas a su apoyo. Su carrera académica abarca investigación y docencia en diversas universidades, centrándose en la historia y la sociedad de Cornualles.
The book examines the prioritization of second home owners and in-migrants over local residents in Cornwall, highlighting the economic failures and environmental repercussions of such policies. It also delves into the cultural ramifications, detailing how these strategies marginalize the Cornish community and jeopardize the preservation of their unique identity and heritage.
This book traces the creative tensions produced by Cornwall's 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.
This volume addresses the issue of Cornish Nationalism and the history of the political movement that has set the political agenda in Cornwall since the 1950s.