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Paris and London in the eighteenth century, studies in popular protest / George Rudé.
LIBRA HN438.P3 R8
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rudé, George, 1910-1993.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Paris (France)--Social conditions.
- Paris (France).
- Riots--France--Paris.
- Riots.
- France--Paris.
- London (England)--Social conditions.
- London (England).
- Riots--England--London.
- England--London.
- Physical Description:
- 350 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking Press, [1971]
- Contents:
- The 'pre-industrial' crowd.
- Society and conflict in London and Paris in the eighteenth century.
- The outbreak of the French Revolution.
- The fall of the Bastille.
- The social composition of the Parisian insurgents of 1789 to 1791.
- The motives of popular insurrection in Paris during the French Revolution.
- 'Mother Gin' and the London riots of 1736.
- Wilkes and liberty, 1768-9.
- The Gordon riots: a study of the rioters and their victims.
- The London 'mob' of the eighteenth century.
- Collusion and convergence in eighteenth century English political action.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0670538329
- OCLC:
- 185065
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