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Informationen zum Autor Carl J. Griffin is Lecturer in Historical Geography at Queen’s University, Belfast Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart I 1 Rough men, pleasant histories2 Life and labour on and off the parish3 Something before Swing or Swing itself?Part II 4 Movement dynamics and diffusion 5 Movement mechanisms Part III6 The politics of the parish 7 Radical participatory politics 8 The gender politics of Swing Part IV9 Suppressing Swing10 Swing and social policy11 Something after Swing?ConclusionsAppendix Index
