Overview

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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Author:   Carl J. Griffin ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9780719086267

ISBN 10:   0719086264
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   30 May 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I 1 Rough men, pleasant histories 2 Life and labour on and off the parish 3 Something before Swing or Swing itself? Part II 4 Movement dynamics and diffusion 5 Movement mechanisms Part III 6 The politics of the parish 7 Radical participatory politics 8 The gender politics of Swing Part IV 9 Suppressing Swing 10 Swing and social policy 11 Something after Swing? Conclusions Appendix Index -- .

Reviews

'Meticulously researched' Mark Metcalf,Tribune, December 2012 -- .

Author Information

Carl J. Griffin is Lecturer in Historical Geography at Queen's University, Belfast -- .

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