The Rural War
Carl J. Griffin
Manchester University Press, 2012
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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. -- .
- ISBN-13
- 9780719086267
- ISBN-10
- 0719086264
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Year
- 2012
- Publication date
- 2012-05-30
- Pages
- 376
- Dimensions
- 240x163x34
- Weight
- 742