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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rudé, George F. E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking Press, [1971]
Subjects:
Paris (France) > Social conditions.
Riots > France > Paris.
London (England) > Social conditions.
Riots > England > London.
Table of 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.