The Rural War : Captain Swing and the Politics of Protest
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0719086264
ISBN-13
9780719086267
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 30th, 2012
Print length
376 Pages
Weight
742 grams
Dimensions
24.00 x 16.30 x 3.40 cms
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The Swing Riots were the most dramatic and widespread rising of the English rural poor. Protestors destroyed machines, demanding higher wages and better poor relief. Swing represented a genuine challenge to the existing ruling order, provoking a bitter and bloody repression. This is a vivid account of a defining moment in British history. -- .
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