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Social unrest and popular protest in England, 1780-1840 / prepared for the Economic History Society by John E. Archer

Archer, John E. [Verfasser] [1951-]

Cambridge, UK [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2000

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (vi, 110 pages)

New studies in economic and social history

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-108) and index

0-511-06571-X ; 978-0-511-06571-2 ; 0-511-06784-4 ; 978-0-511-06784-6 ; 0-511-11651-9 ; 978-0-511-11651-3 ; 978-0-511-61229-9 ; 0-511-61229-X

 

This textbook covers all forms of protest, including the Gordon Riots of 1780, food riots, Luddism, the radical political reform movement, anti-enclosure, anti-New Poor Law riots, and arson, up to the advent of Chartism in the 1830s. John E. Archer provides a concise and up-to-date introduction to this crucial topic.