The Unquiet Countryside

ISBN-13: 9781032152578 / Miękka / 2024 / 146 str.

Opis

First published in 1989 The Unquiet Countryside chronicles rural crime and unrest in the English countryside from seventeenth century down to the end of the Victorian era. The authors highlight some of the most striking aspects of the countryside of the past and directs new light on Britain’s rural heritage.

Spis treści

The Contributors Editor’s Note Introduction 1. Crime in the countryside 1600-1800 2. Bread or Blood 3. ‘Rural War’: the life and times of Captain Swing 4. Poachers abroad 5. Under cover of night: arson and animal maiming 6. Landowners and the rural community 7. Labour Organizations 8. Rural Crime and protest in the Victorian era References Index

O autorze

G.E. Mingay