Mebyon Kernow & Cornish Nationalism

Bernard Deacon is a retired former Senior Lecturer in Cornish Studies and History at the Institute of Cornish Studies, Dick Cole is Leader of Mebyon Kernow and an elected member of Cornwall Council, and Garry Tregidga is Assistant Director of the Institute of Cornish Studies.

• AcknowledgementsPreface1. The Cornish Paradox2. The Historical Legacy: Nationalism Before MK3. MK – The Formative Years: 1940-19604. Looking for Votes: 1960-19705. Changing Direction: 1970-19806. Decade of Doubts: 1980-19907. Re-awakening: 1990-20028. Culture and Politics:Assessing Cornish NationalismPostscriptAppendixLeading Personalities in Cornish NationalismIndex

“analytically rigorous and concisely written … the authors’ vigorous analysis of Cornishness, and the peculiar situation of Cornwall as a historic nation with both the British and English state, is compelling and convincing … an important text for all who are interested in the history of  … historic European nations”Journal of Twentieth Century British History“a timely and significant contribution to our understanding of the political diversity of the modern British State”Professor Philip Payton, Emeritus Professor of Cornish Studies, Exeter University“of interest to both scholars of British history and of nationalism … an accessible and entertaining account of the fluctuating fortunes of Cornwall’s oldest political nationalist group … the best available study of Cornish nationalism”Journal of Contemporary European Studies“will fill a much-needed place on the shelves of every Cornish bookshop and library and also be of great interest to students of European regionalist and nationalist  movements”Dr Ronald Perry, former Head of Business Studies, Cornwall College