{"product_id":"revolutionary-britannia-reflections-on-the-threat-of-revolution-in-britain-17891848-9780719048036","title":"Revolutionary Britannia Reflections on the Threat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the overthrow of the absolutist monarchy in France in 1789, European history was punctuated by political upheavals until in 1848 the continent was swept by revolutionary fervour. Britain alone of the major western powers seemed exempt. This text examines this apparent difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart 1. Sedition and Treason, 1792-1820\u003cbr\u003eThe impact of the revolution in France\u003cbr\u003ePlots, real or imagined, 1793-1795\u003cbr\u003eUnited Irish, English and Scotsmen, 1795-1803\u003cbr\u003eThe seriousness of the threat\u003cbr\u003eLuddism\u003cbr\u003eThe post-war crisis, 1817\u003cbr\u003eFrom Peterloo to Cato Street and Bonnymuir\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003ePart 2. Revolution or reform, 1830-1832\u003cbr\u003eThe Reform Bill crisis\u003cbr\u003ePolitical unions and urban riots\u003cbr\u003eThe Welsh rising, 1831\u003cbr\u003eRural unrest\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003ePart 3, 1837-1848\u003cbr\u003eThe first Chartist crisis, 1839-1840\u003cbr\u003eThe Monmouthshire and Yorkshire risings\u003cbr\u003eThe second Chartist crisis, 1842\u003cbr\u003eThe third Chartist crisis, 1848\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003ePart 4, Why was there no revolution\u003cbr\u003eThe nature of the popular movement\u003cbr\u003eGeography and the problem of London\u003cbr\u003eLoyalism and the silent majority\u003cbr\u003eThe cohesion of social welfare\u003cbr\u003eReligion\u003cbr\u003eThe strength of the state\u003cbr\u003eThe authority of the law\u003cbr\u003eThe forces of order\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Wheat and bread prices, 1790-1850\u003cbr\u003eSelect bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037285712215,"sku":"9780719048036","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719048036.jpg?v=1750935160","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/revolutionary-britannia-reflections-on-the-threat-of-revolution-in-britain-17891848-9780719048036","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}