Scabs and Traitors: Taboo, Violence and Punishment in Labour Disputes in Britain, 1760-1871

ISBN-13: 9781138186057 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 226 str.

Thomas Linehan

Opis

The taboos and punishment practices of organized labour in the 18th Century and 19th Century are the main focus of study for this book.

Spis treści

Introduction, 1 Blackleg economics, 2 Tabooed persons, 3 Vows and sacred lines, 4 The call to arms, 5 Carnivalesque rituals, 6 Magic rituals and tabooed things, 7 Shaming and degradation rituals, 8 Retribution, Conclusion

O autorze

Dr Thomas Linehan is Lecturer in History, Brunel University. He is the co-editor (with John Roberts) of the Routledge Studies in Radical History and Politics book series. His previous publications include Modernism and British Socialism. Palgrave Macmillan (2012), Communism in Britain, 1920–39: From the Cradle to the Grave. Manchester University Press (2007), British Fascism 1918–39: Parties, Ideology and Culture. Manchester University Press (2000), East London for Mosley: The British Union of Fascists in East London and South-West Essex 1933–40. Routledge (1996).