The London Mob: Violence and Disorder in Eighteenth-Century England

by Robert Brink Shoemaker

By 1700 London was the largest city in the world, with over 500,000 inhabitants. Very weakly policed, its streets saw regular outbreaks of rioting by a mob easily stirred by economic grievances, politics or religion. If the mob vented its anger more often on property than people, eighteenth-century Londoners frequently came to blows over personal disputes. In a society where men and women were quick to defend their honour, slanging matches easily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852855576
• ISBN13: 9781852855574
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"