"I made very frequent use of The Cornish Overseas while writing my last monograph. It is a fine piece of scholarship, deeply researched, carefully arranged and beautifully presented. There has been a rapid growth of interest in histories of migration, transnational histories, the history of skilled labour, expatriate British communities, and global history. Payton's work lies at the intersection of all these and deserves a wide readership.Payton is the ultimate collector of Cornish data. Payton's intimate knowledge of mining lore and technology make him an authoritative guide. He shows the comprehensive transmission of Cornish culture, folkways, language and mining methods to the South Australian tabula rasa in the 1840s.Payton's fine work.

provides a professional, heavily documented narrative of the long exodus from Cornwall and he invests it with spirit and humour. The Cornish Overseas is a splendidly panoramic survey of the global Cornish, and an important addition to emigration and mining history.The most comprehensive telling of Cornwall's story as one of the great migration regions of Europe. The new materials in the volume, especially on Australia, and updated interpretations, especially pertaining to the mindsets of migrants, proved central to my work.A huge undertaking, distilling wide-ranging research on a complex subject into an engaging and very readable volume packed with detail.A magisterial survey of the creation during the nineteenth century of the Cornish diaspora, the experiences of the Cornish who emigrated, and the emergence in many different parts of the world of communities based upon mining which cherished their distinctive Cornish identity.It is authoritative, based on decades of research and familiarity with its subject matter. An excellent reference work, meticulously referenced and indexed.

I can find no fault with it.The most important book of its kind in half a century. A spectacular and comprehensive scope.[.] It is a salute to Cornwall and the Cornish. It must take a premier place in breadth of research, in quality of presentation, and in the sheer magnetism and warmth of its readability.".