Author

Publication

1990 - Clarendon Press, Oxford [England], England

Language

English

Word Count

56,500 words, Guess

Page Count

226 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL1871846M
  • ISBN-100198201877
  • OCLC Control Number21118515
  • Library of Congress Control Number90031430
  • LibraryThing2218314
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  • Goodreads1539802

Classifications

  • DDC942.2/33
  • LCCDA690.H55 R43 1990

Description

The Hernhill Rising of 1838 was the last battle fought on English soil, the last revolt against the New Poor Law, and England's millenarian rising. Fought in a corner of rural Kent, it was also the last rising of the agricultural laborers. In this comprehensive analysis, Reay draws on intensive research in local archives to provide a critical study of the background of the rising and its social context. He presents a unique casestudy of popular mobilization in nineteenth-century England, producing a vivid portrait of the daily existence of the farm laborer and life in the village. Exploring the wider context of agrarian relations, rural reform, protest, and control, this study will be of special interest to students and scholars of modern British history and social, agrarian, and local historians.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryVillagesPoor lawsRural conditionsPolitical activityAgricultural laborersKent (England) -- History

Places

KentEnglandKent (England)Hernhill (England)

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