Riotous Assemblies
Popular Protest in Hanoverian England
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:30th Nov '06
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Riotous Assemblies examines eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century England through the lens of popular disorder. Tackling both the more closely-studied forms of protest, such as food riots, industrial disorders, and political disturbances, and much less well understood occasions of popular disorder, such as tax riots, turnpike riots, riots against the establishment of the militia, and religious riot, Adrian Randall re-engages the study of riot within a wider interpretation of the forces - social, economic and political - which were transforming society. He pays particular attention to disturbances in the years between 1795 and 1812, critically examining how far they indicated the major discontinuities discerned by earlier histories of protest, or whether they retained much of the character of earlier upheaval. Based upon detailed case studies and drawing upon the most recent research, the book extends the focus of earlier studies of protest. It locates the origins of disorder within the concepts of constitutionalism and the free-born Englishman, and argues that older attitudes proved far more tenacious than many have allowed.
...an intergrated account of politics, war, and industrialisation during the Napolionic period...thought provoking... * Robert Poole, Reviews in History *
a very wide and detailed survey, based on an impressive range of primary sources, and also utilizes the very numerous secondary works on the topic. * Anne L. Murphy, Agricultural History Review *
a comprehensive and authoritative overview... the fullest picture to date of protest in its variant forms * Rosemary Sweet, Parliamentary History *
a rich feast of scholarshop, a wonderful, lucid culmination of three decades of scholarly endeavour. * Carl Griffin, Rural History *
This book is an extremely important contribution to the material history of the eighteenth-century poor, their lives and ideas. It should be read bu anyone with a serious interest in the perioud, and is a welcome corrective to much recent social, and especially cultural, history of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. * Alun Howkins, Family & Community History *
Professor Randall's Riotous assesmblies is a well sourced and researched piece of work, and is a welcome addition to the growing interest in eighteenth-century studies. The writing is articulate, erudite but light in touch. * David Walsh, Manchester Region History Review *
ISBN: 9780199259908
Dimensions: 240mm x 160mm x 30mm
Weight: 700g
368 pages