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The Gordon Riots - Politics, Culture and Insurrection in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover)
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The Gordon Riots - Politics, Culture and Insurrection in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain (Hardcover)
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The Gordon riots of June 1780 were the most devastating outbreak of
urban violence in British history. For almost a week large parts of
central London were ablaze, prisons were destroyed and the Bank of
England attacked. Hundreds of rioters were shot dead by troops and
for many observers it seemed that England was on the verge of a
revolution. The first scholarly study in a generation, this book
brings together leading scholars from historical and literary
studies to provide new perspectives on these momentous events. The
essays include new archival work on the religious, political and
international contexts of the riots and new interpretations of
contemporary literary and artistic sources. For too long the
significance of the Gordon riots has been overshadowed by the
impact of the French revolution on British society and culture:
this book restores the riots to their central position in late
eighteenth-century Britain.
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