Bernard W. Deacon je multidisciplinárny akademik, ktorý sa zameriava na 18. a 19. storočie v Cornwalle, jeho jazyk a identitu. Jeho práca sa zaoberá zmenami obyvateľstva, spôsobmi vládnutia v periférnych regiónoch a prezentáciou cornwallskej identity. Deacon, plynulý hovorca cornwallčiny, je aktívny v jej oživení a v organizáciách usilujúcich o jej podporu. Jeho akademické pôsobenie zahŕňa výskum a výučbu na rôznych univerzitách, kde sa sústredí na históriu a spoločnosť Cornwallu.
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.