The Rebecca Riots: A Study in Agrarian Discontent - Brossura

Williams, David

 
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The Rebecca Riots, an uprising of oppressed peasantry against the burden of tollgates in west Wales, began in the summer of 1839. After only a few months, they ceased as suddenly as they had started and for three-and-a-half years, the countryside was undisturbed. Then, in the winter of 1842, rioting broke out again&;with greater violence. This study explores the deep-seated roots of these uprisings.

&;It is safe to say that Professor Williams&;s excellently written and dispassionate account of the riots and their background is likely to remain the final word on the subject.&;&;Times Literary Supplement

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David Williams (1900&;78) lived and worked in Aberystwyth at the University of Wales. He was considered the doyen of Welsh historians.

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9780708309339: The Rebecca Riots: A Study in Agrarian Discontent

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ISBN 10:  070830933X ISBN 13:  9780708309339
Casa editrice: Univ of Wales Pr, 1998
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