The Last Rising: The Newport Insurrection of 1839

By David J.V. Jones

Book Overview

This book tells the full story of the confrontation between Chartist miners and troops in Newport in 1839--the most serious clash between people and government in modern industrial Britain--analyzing the profound impact of armed insurrection on the social and political climate of the period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198201028
• ISBN13: 9780198201021
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"