The Cornish Family: The Roots Of Our Future

by Bernard Deacon

In the best of times and in darker days, the strong family unit is one of the most valuable building blocks of our societies. The Cornish family, in its individuality, in its far-flung breadth and with its sense of worldwide community, is a vigorous example of this truth. In this magnificent book, Dr Bernard Deacon explores who we are, our forefathers and our descendants, where we come from and where we are headed - and how these major themes are expressed in the meaning of our names.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published June 10, 2004

About the author

Bernard W. Deacon is a multidisciplinary academic, based at the Institute of Cornish Studies; he has previously worked for the Open University and Exeter University’s Department of Lifelong Learning. His main research interests are:

18th and 19th century Cornish communities
The Cornish language and its revitalisation
Cornwall's population and how it has changed
How peripheral regions are governed
Who are the Cornish and how their identity is presented

Deacon is a fluent Cornish language speaker, and represents the Institute of Cornish Studies on the Cornish Language Partnership. In 2007, he was re-elected as Chairman of Cussel an Tavaz Kernuak (The Cornish language Council).