The Crowd in History: A Study of Popular Disturbances in France and England, 1730-1848
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What really motivated the food rioters who sparked off the French Revolution? Who took part in the widespread disturbances that periodically shook eighteenth-century London? How did the Captain Swing movement of agricultural labourers destroying new machinery spread from one village to another in the English countryside? How did the sans-culottes organise in revolutionary Paris? George Rude was the first historian to ask such questions, and in doing so he identified 'the faces in the crowd' in some of the key episodes in modern European history. A classic work of 'history from below', The Crowd in History is remarkable above all for the clarity with which it deals with complex historical events. Whether on the streets of Kiev, Belgrade or Jakarta, crowds continue to make history, and George Rude's work retains all its freshness and relevance for both the general reader and students of history and politics. Book jacket.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1897959478
ISBN13:9781897959473
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:Interlink Publishing Group
Length:279 Pages
Weight:3.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 8.4"
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