A detailed demographic, economic, political, and social study of the English counties of Devon and Cornwall, which together comprise the South West of England, the region in which Sir Walter Ralegh was born and raised.Chapter titles include: "Ralegh the Devonian," "The South West and Its People," "Farming and Farmers," "Tin Mining and Tinners," "Fishermen and Privateers," "Landed Proprietors," "The Defense of the Realm," "The South West at Westminster," and "Unity and Dissent."