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Petticoat heroes : gender, culture and popular protest in the Rebecca Riots / Rhian E. Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Rhian E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rebecca Riots, 1839-1844.
- Toll roads--Wales--History--19th century.
- Toll roads.
- Social conditions.
- Wales.
- History.
- Wales--Social conditions--19th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 202 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 "Everything conspires to disorder': Politics and Society in Rebecca's Country 9
- 3 Rebecca and the Historians 31
- 4 'Pomp and paraphernalia': Custom, Festival, Ritual and Rebeccaism 45
- 5 'Petticoat heroes': Rethinking Rebeccaite Costume and Symbolism 59
- 6 'Six hundred children and more every day': The New Poor Law and Female Sexual Agency 81
- 7 'Maid, spirit or man': Rebecca's Image in Public Discourse 97
- 8 'A very creditable portion of Welsh history'? Rebeccaism's Aftermath and Longer-Term Political and Cultural Impact 115.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783167883
- 1783167882
- OCLC:
- 933503423
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