Captain Swing Captain Swing

Captain Swing

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Publisher Description

The classic social history of the Great English Agricultural Uprising of 1830, from one of the greatest historians of our age. For generation upon generation, the English farm laborer lived in poverty and degradation. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, however, new forces came into play—and when capitalism swept from the cities into the countryside, tensions reached the breaking point. From 1830 on, a series of revolts, known as the “Swing,” shook England to its core. Here is the background of that upheaval, from its rise to its fall, and the people who tried to change their world. A masterpiece of British history.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2014
August 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
Verso Books
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
40.5
MB

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