Social Unrest and Popular Protest in England 1780-1840

This textbook first published in 2000 covers all forms of protest including the Gordon Riots of 1780 food riots Luddism the radical political reform movement anti-enclosure anti-New Poor Law riots and arson up to the advent of Chartism in the 1830s. John E. Archer provides a concise and up-to-date introduction to this crucial topic.