{"product_id":"brave-community-9780719061028","title":"Brave community","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the first full-length modern study of the Diggers, who were among the most remarkable of the radical groups to emerge during the English Revolution of 1640-60. The book also provides a reassessment of the Digger leader Gerrard Winstanley, a figure who has attracted great interest in recent years. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work attempts to place the Diggers in context on a number of different levels: locally, nationally, politically, and intellectually.  The aim is to improve our comprehension of the Diggers in their time and place without having Winstanley dominate the account; this is a laudable change of focus, as a prolific radical theorist can skew the analysis. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS\u003cbr\u003e1: Parish, community and social relations in Cobham\u003cbr\u003e\tFamily, occupation and social structure\u003cbr\u003e\tManor and parish\u003cbr\u003e\tPopulation\u003cbr\u003e\tPopulation pressures\u003cbr\u003e\tLandlords and tenants\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The parish of Cobham and the Civil War \u003cbr\u003e\tThe coming of war\u003cbr\u003e\tRural popular protest\u003cbr\u003e\tThe impact of war\u003cbr\u003e\tThe costs of war\u003cbr\u003e\tSocial conflict\u003cbr\u003e\tThe manor of Cobham during the Civil War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Gerrard Winstanley\u003cbr\u003e\tFamily background\u003cbr\u003e\tMarriage\u003cbr\u003e\tWinstanley’s bankruptcy\u003cbr\u003e\tThe move to Cobham\u003cbr\u003e\tSurrey politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Winstanley: the early writings\u003cbr\u003e\tInfluences\u003cbr\u003e\tTowards the restoration of community\u003cbr\u003e\tContext\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The Diggers on St George’s Hill \u003cbr\u003e\tThe first phase\u003cbr\u003e\tIdentifying the Diggers\u003cbr\u003e\tSt George’s Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: The Diggers and the local community \u003cbr\u003e\tReactions to the Diggers in Walton\u003cbr\u003e\tThe Diggers in Cobham\u003cbr\u003e\tThe end of the Digger colony\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Aftermath\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037293085015,"sku":"9780719061028","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719061028.jpg?v=1750935196","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/brave-community-9780719061028","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}