Eighteenth-Century English Society: Shuttles and Swords

by Douglas Hay, Nicholas Rogers, Douglas Hay

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The period from 1688-1820 was marked throughout with riots and rebellions, seditions and strikes, as the lower classes rebelled against the state bias towards the interests of higher social groups. Drawing on recent work on demography, labor, and law, this readable history of the period focuses on the experience of the eighty percent of the population who made up England's "lower orders." Hay and Rogers provide fresh insights into food shortages,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0192891944

ISBN13:9780192891945

Release Date:July 1997

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.52 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"

Related Subjects

17th Century Anthropology Cultural Education & Reference England Europe History Ireland Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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