John E. Archer – Social Unrest and Popular Protest in England 1780-1840
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John E. Archer – Social Unrest and Popular Protest in England 1780-1840
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If you use either of these links to purchase this item breviary stuff will receive 5% commission Historians of protest have attempted to unlock the meaning of social unrest, studying collective violence and action as a barometer of social and political stability. John E. Archer examines the diversity of protest from 1780 to 1840 and how it altered during this period of extreme change. This textbook covers all forms of protest, including the Gordon Riots of 1780, food riots, Luddism, the radical political reform movement and Peterloo in 1819, and the less well researched anti-enclosure, anti-New Poor Law riots, arson and other forms of 'terroristic' action, up to the advent of Chartism in the 1830s. Archer evaluates the problematic nature of source materials and conflicting interpretations leading to debate, and reviews the historiography and methodology of protest studies.  'The Burning & Plundering of Newgate & Setting the Felons at Liberty by the Mob'
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