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Author Poole, Steve, 1957-
Title Bristol from below : law, authority and protest in a Georgian city / Steve Poole and Nicholas Rogers.
Publisher Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2017.
Copyright date ©2017



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Contents Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Bristol: Prospects and Profiles -- 2. Voices in the Crowd -- 3. Authority, Class and Clientage in Bristol Politics -- 4. Wreckers from Without: Weavers, Colliers, Arsonists and Sodomites, 1729-34 -- 5. Popular Jacobitism and the Politics of Provocation -- 6. Anger and Reprisals: The Struggle against Turnpikes and their Projectors, 1727-53 -- 7. 'It is better to stand like men than to starve in the land of plenty': Food Riots and Market Regulation in Bristol -- 8. Naval Impressment in Bristol, 1738-1815 -- 9. Bristol and the War of American Independence -- 10. A Loyal City? The Diversity of Dissent in Bristol in the 1790s -- 11. Hunt and Liberty: Popular Politics in Bristol, 1800-20 -- 12. 'This is the blaze of Liberty!' The burning of Bristol in 1831 -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index.
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ISBN 9781787440678 (electronic bk.)
1787440672 (electronic bk.)
9781783272440
1783272449
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Author Poole, Steve, 1957-
Series Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history, volume 28
Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 28.
Subject Bristol (England) -- Politics and government -- History -- 18th century.
Alt author Rogers, Nicholas,
Descript 1 online resource.
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Media computer c
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Contents Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Bristol: Prospects and Profiles -- 2. Voices in the Crowd -- 3. Authority, Class and Clientage in Bristol Politics -- 4. Wreckers from Without: Weavers, Colliers, Arsonists and Sodomites, 1729-34 -- 5. Popular Jacobitism and the Politics of Provocation -- 6. Anger and Reprisals: The Struggle against Turnpikes and their Projectors, 1727-53 -- 7. 'It is better to stand like men than to starve in the land of plenty': Food Riots and Market Regulation in Bristol -- 8. Naval Impressment in Bristol, 1738-1815 -- 9. Bristol and the War of American Independence -- 10. A Loyal City? The Diversity of Dissent in Bristol in the 1790s -- 11. Hunt and Liberty: Popular Politics in Bristol, 1800-20 -- 12. 'This is the blaze of Liberty!' The burning of Bristol in 1831 -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781787440678 (electronic bk.)
1787440672 (electronic bk.)
9781783272440
1783272449
Author Poole, Steve, 1957-
Series Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history, volume 28
Studies in early modern cultural, political and social history ; v. 28.
Subject Bristol (England) -- Politics and government -- History -- 18th century.
Alt author Rogers, Nicholas,

Subject Bristol (England) -- Politics and government -- History -- 18th century.
Descript 1 online resource.
Content text txt
Media computer c
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Contents Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Bristol: Prospects and Profiles -- 2. Voices in the Crowd -- 3. Authority, Class and Clientage in Bristol Politics -- 4. Wreckers from Without: Weavers, Colliers, Arsonists and Sodomites, 1729-34 -- 5. Popular Jacobitism and the Politics of Provocation -- 6. Anger and Reprisals: The Struggle against Turnpikes and their Projectors, 1727-53 -- 7. 'It is better to stand like men than to starve in the land of plenty': Food Riots and Market Regulation in Bristol -- 8. Naval Impressment in Bristol, 1738-1815 -- 9. Bristol and the War of American Independence -- 10. A Loyal City? The Diversity of Dissent in Bristol in the 1790s -- 11. Hunt and Liberty: Popular Politics in Bristol, 1800-20 -- 12. 'This is the blaze of Liberty!' The burning of Bristol in 1831 -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
Alt author Rogers, Nicholas,
ISBN 9781787440678 (electronic bk.)
1787440672 (electronic bk.)
9781783272440
1783272449

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