ISBN:
9781910885697
,
191088569X
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
314 Seiten
,
22 cm
DDC:
942/.009734
Schlagwort(e):
Social conflict History
;
Social change History
;
Social change
;
Social conflict
;
England
;
England Rural conditions
;
History
;
Bibliografie
;
Bibliografie
;
England
;
Ländlicher Raum
;
Sozialer Konflikt
;
Klassenkampf
;
Geschichte
Kurzfassung:
"The modern English countryside is the result of centuries of environmental change and brutal class struggle. Modern agriculture, the food we eat and how it is produced, is a direct result of these historic and frequently overlooked battles. Martin Empson rescues these forgotten moments of history. From the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 to the Pilgrimage of Grace and Robert Kett's rebellion; from protests against enclosure and food riots to Captain Swing and the Tolpuddle Martyrs - here is the story of how rural labourers resisted the development of capitalism, fought to control their land and labour and eventually built trade unions to fight for their rights"--Back cover
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Introduction -- 1. The peasants' revolt of 1381 -- 2. Jack Cade's revolt -- 3. Episodes of Tudor rebellion -- 4. 1549 : the "commotion time" : a year of peasant rebellion -- 5. From feudalism to capitalism -- 6. The English Civil War and the rural population -- 7. Enclosure and the English countryside transformed -- 8. The rise of the rural proletariat -- 9. Tolpuddle : the victims of Whiggery -- 10. Joseph Arch : the revolt of the fields and agricultural trade unionsim -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
