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. -- .
Информация за "The Rural War"
- SKU 9780719097270
- Weight 0.600000
- ISBN 9780719097270
- Вид корица Paperback / softback
- Издателство Manchester University Press
- Брой страници 344
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