Description: CAPTAIN SWING: A Social History of the Great Agricultural Uprising of 1830. The classic social history of the Great English Agricultural Uprising of 1830, from two of the greatest historians of our age. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, capitalism swept from the cities into the countryside, and tensions reached breaking point. From 1830 on, a series of revolts, known as the "Swing," shook England to its core. Here is the background of that upheaval, from its rise to its fall, and the people who tried to change their world. A masterpiece of British history. Two of the world's great Marxist historians present a classic social history of the Great English Agricultural Uprising of 1830. For generation upon generation, the English farm laborer lived in poverty and degradation. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, however, new forces came into play--and when capitalism swept from the cities into the countryside, tensions reached the breaking point. From 1830 on, a series of revolts, known as the "Swing," shook England to its core. Here is the background of that upheaval, from its rise to its fall, and the people who tried to change their world. A masterpiece of British history.
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Publication Name: W W Norton & Co Inc
Book Title: Captain Swing: the Great English Agricultural Uprising of 1830
Book Series: Crowd studies
Original Language: English
Vintage: Yes
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393007936
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Features: 1st paperback printing
Topic: Industries / Agribusiness, Sociology / Rural, UK history, Crowd rebellions
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Intended Audience: Adults
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Edition: 1st
Publication Year: 1975
Type: Paperback
Era: 1830s
Author: George Rude, Eric J. Hobsbawm
Genre: History, Social Science, Business & Economics
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
