Riotous assemblies : popular protest in Hanoverian England
Randall, Adrian200611UU
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Examines eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England through the lens of popular disorder. This book pays particular attention to disturbances in the years between 1795 and 1812, examining how far they indicated the discontinuities discerned by earlier histories of protest, or whether they retained much of the character of earlier upheaval. Riotous Assemblies examines eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England through the lens of popular disorder. Tackling both the more closely-studied forms of protest, such as food riots, industrial disorders, and political disturbances, and much less well understood occasions of popular disorder, such as tax riots, turnpike riots, riots against the establishment of the militia, and religious riot, Adrian Randall re-engages the study of riot within a wider interpretation of the forces - social, economic and political - which were transforming society. He pays particular attention to disturbances in the years between 1795 and 1812, critically examining how far they indicated the major discontinuities discerned by earlier histories of protest, or whether they retained much of the character of earlier upheaval. Based upon detailed case studies and drawing upon the most recent research, the book extends the focus of earlier studies of protest. It locates the origins of disorder within the concepts of constitutionalism and the free-born Englishman, and argues that older attitudes proved far more tenacious than many have allowed.Review: a very wide and detailed survey, based on an impressive range of primary sources, and also utilizes the very numerous secondary works on the topic. Anne L. Murphy, Agricultural History Review a comprehensive and authoritative overview... the fullest picture to date of protest in its variant forms Rosemary Sweet, Parilamentary History a rich feast of scholarshop, a wonderful, lucid culmination of three decades of scholarly endeavour. Carl Griffin, Rurual History.
Main title:
Riotous assemblies : popular protest in Hanoverian England / Adrian Randall.
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Oxford : Oxford University Press : [distributor] Oxford University Press Distribution Services : [distributor] Oxford University Press Australia : [distributor] Oxford University Press Australia : [distributor] Oxford University Press Southern Africa : [distributor] Oxford University Press, USA, 2006.
Collation:
366 p. ; 23x16x3 cm.
Notes:
Hardback.
Contents:
1. READING THE RIOT-- 2. POWER, AUTHORITY AND THE RIOT ACT-- 3. PROTESTING PEOPLE-- 4. FOOD, MARKET CUSTOM AND PROTEST-- 5. SETTING THE PRICE: FOOD RIOTS BEFORE 1790-- 6. INDUSTRIAL PROTEST, CUSTOM AND LAW-- 7. COUNTRY PEOPLE: POPULAR PROTEST IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE-- 8. NOBS AND MOBS: POLITICAL DISORDERS-- 9. THE REPUDIATION OF THE MORAL ECONOMY-- 10. BEFORE THE LUDDITES: MACHINERY, REGULATION AND THE STATE-- 11. ENGINES OF MISCHIEF: THE LUDDITE DISTURBANCES OF 1811-12-- 12. RIOTOUS ASSEMBLIES.
ISBN:
0199259909 (hbk)9780199259908 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.07
LC class:
DA480
Language:
English
Subject:
Riots -- History -- 18th century -- EnglandRiots -- History -- 18th century -- Great BritainRiots -- History -- 19th century -- EnglandViolence -- History -- 18th century -- EnglandBritish & Irish history -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- EnglandModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- EnglandSocial & cultural history -- c 1700 to c 1800 -- EnglandHistoryGreat Britain -- History -- 18th centuryGreat Britain -- Economic conditions -- 18th centuryGreat Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century
BRN:
2429599
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