Petticoat Heroes: Gender, Culture and Popular Protest in the Rebecca Riots

by Rhian E. Jones

The wave of unrest which took place in the 1840s in Wales known as "the Rebecca riots" stands out as a success story within the generally gloomy annals of popular struggle and defeat: farmers and workers, outlandishly dressed in bonnets and petticoats, showed their outrage against unfair taxes by attacking tollgates and other symbols of perceived injustice. Petticoat Heroes draws on the fields of cultural history, gender studies, and anthropology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783167882
• ISBN13: 9781783167883
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"