{"product_id":"the-rural-war-9780719097270","title":"The Rural War","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Swing Riots were the most dramatic and widespread rising of the English rural poor. Protestors destroyed machines, demanding higher wages and better poor relief. Swing represented a genuine challenge to the existing ruling order, provoking a bitter and bloody repression.  This is a vivid account of a defining moment in British history. -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeticulously researched'\u003cbr\u003eMark Metcalf,Tribune, December 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Griffin has provided a compelling reappraisal of Swing which is a major contribution to geographies of rural protest. It also offers a vision for a post-Thompsonian way of thinking about the forms of subaltern political activity in English countryside.'\u003cbr\u003eDave Featherstone, Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart I\t\u003cbr\u003e1\tRough men, pleasant histories\u003cbr\u003e2\tLife and labour on and off the parish\u003cbr\u003e3\tSomething before Swing or Swing itself?\u003cbr\u003ePart II\t\u003cbr\u003e4\tMovement dynamics and diffusion\t\u003cbr\u003e5\tMovement mechanisms\t\u003cbr\u003ePart III\u003cbr\u003e6\tThe politics of the parish\t\u003cbr\u003e7\tRadical participatory politics\t\u003cbr\u003e8\tThe gender politics of Swing\t\u003cbr\u003ePart IV\u003cbr\u003e9\tSuppressing Swing\u003cbr\u003e10\tSwing and social policy\u003cbr\u003e11\tSomething after Swing?\u003cbr\u003eConclusions\u003cbr\u003eAppendix \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037354262871,"sku":"9780719097270","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719097270.jpg?v=1750935416","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rural-war-9780719097270","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}