Eighteenth-Century English Society: Shuttles and Swords

by Douglas Hay, Nicholas Rogers, Douglas Hay

Book Overview

The period from 1688-1820 was marked throughout with riots and rebellions, seditions and strikes, as the lower classes rebelled against the state bias towards the interests of higher social groups. Drawing on recent work on demography, labor, and law, this readable history of the period focuses on the experience of the eighty percent of the population who made up England's "lower orders." Hay and Rogers provide fresh insights into food shortages,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192891944
• ISBN13: 9780192891945
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.7"