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The book explores the identity of British agricultural labourers during a time of crisis for the British countryside. It looks at how they expressed grievances and celebrated their sexuality and way of life through songs -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 What are popular
ballads and what can they tell historians
2 The language of
complaint: Ballads as social criticism
3 Ballads and poems’ condemnation of enclosure
4 “Though My Labour’s Hard Stil ‘Tis Sweet:” the celebration of the life of
work
5 Milkmaids and Ploughmen: the celebration of rural labourers’ sexuality
6 Hannah More takes on popular ballads: the effort to reform the morals of the poor
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Songs of Protest Songs of Love

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 12/10/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719078903, 978-0719078903
      ISBN10: 0719078903

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The book explores the identity of British agricultural labourers during a time of crisis for the British countryside. It looks at how they expressed grievances and celebrated their sexuality and way of life through songs -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1 What are popular
      ballads and what can they tell historians
      2 The language of
      complaint: Ballads as social criticism
      3 Ballads and poems’ condemnation of enclosure
      4 “Though My Labour’s Hard Stil ‘Tis Sweet:” the celebration of the life of
      work
      5 Milkmaids and Ploughmen: the celebration of rural labourers’ sexuality
      6 Hannah More takes on popular ballads: the effort to reform the morals of the poor
      Conclusion
      Bibliography
      Index

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