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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'

Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: Historiography, sources and methods

Sources, problems and methodologies

2. Agricultural Protest

Enclosures and lost rights

Collective disturbances

Post-1830

Anti-New Poor Law protest

3. Food Riots

Timing and location of food riots

The food rioter

The form of the food riot

The 'moral economy'

4. Industrial Protest

Pre-Luddite protest

Luddism

5. Political Protest

The reactionary crowd

Reformist and insurrectionary traditions

The reform movement

Post-1832

6. Policing Protest

Law Enforcement

The 'new' police

The law

7. A Revolutionary Challenge?

8. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index