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Hardcover Rebecca's Country: A Welsh Story of Riot and Resistance Book

ISBN: 1915279747

ISBN13: 9781915279743

Rebecca's Country: A Welsh Story of Riot and Resistance

A study of the Rebecca movement's fight against high taxation and poverty in nineteenth-century Wales.

In nineteenth-century Wales, a protest took place like no other. Burdened by punishing tolls and desperate for their livelihoods, protestors dramatically cross-dressed in carnivalesque costumes to attack the tollbooths. Inspired by the enigmatic biblical figure of Rebecca, they went on to attack other symbols of injustice, redistribute...

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Releases Jan 14, 2025

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