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Paris and London in the eighteenth century ; studies in popular protest

Title
Paris and London in the eighteenth century ; studies in popular protest / [by] George Rudé.
Author
Rudé, George F. E.
Publication
New York : Viking Press, [1971]

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Description
350 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • Riots > Paris
  • Riots > London
  • Paris (France) > Social conditions
  • London (England) > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The 'pre-industrial' crowd.--Society and conflict in London and Paris in the eighteenth century.--The outbreak of the French Revolution.--The fall of the Bastille.--The social composition of the Parisian insurgents of 1789 to 1791.--The motives of popular insurrection in Paris during the French Revolution.--'Mother Gin' and the London riots of 1736.--Wilkes and liberty, 1768-9.--The Gordon riots: a study of the rioters and their victims.--The London 'mob' of the eighteenth century.--Collusion and convergence in eighteenth century English political action.
ISBN
0670538329
LCCN
73148267
OCLC
ocm00185065
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries