Atlas of Rural Protest in England, 1628-1900

by Andrew Charlesworth

The outbreaks of collective violence arising from the tensions existing within society have long been themes in the study of British social history. Detailed studies abound--on the Levellers, the Diggers, fen rioters, food rioters, machinery riots, tithe riots, turnpike riots and so on. This book breaks new ground in that it attempts to survey the whole range of these rural riots, to compare and contrast them, and to draw general conclusions. Seventy-five...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812278534
• ISBN13: 9780812278538
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 224 Pages