The Politics of Social Conflict The Peak Country, 1520-1770 |
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Author:
| Wood, Andy |
Contribution by:
| Fletcher, Anthony Guy, John Morrill, John |
Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-521-56114-3 |
Publication Date: | Sep 1999 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $139.00 |
Book Description:
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This book provides a new approach to the history of social conflict, popular politics and plebeian culture. Based on a close study of the Peak Country of Derbyshire c. 1520 1770, it has implications for understandings of class identity, popular culture, riot, custom and social relations. Important insights are offered into early modern social and gender identities, civil war allegiances, the appeal of radical ideas and the making of the English working class. Above all, the book...
More DescriptionThis book provides a new approach to the history of social conflict, popular politics and plebeian culture. Based on a close study of the Peak Country of Derbyshire c. 1520 1770, it has implications for understandings of class identity, popular culture, riot, custom and social relations. Important insights are offered into early modern social and gender identities, civil war allegiances, the appeal of radical ideas and the making of the English working class. Above all, the book challenges the claim that early modern England was a hierarchical, 'pre-class' society.