Captain Swing

Eric Hobsbawm, George Rude

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English

Verso
27 August 2014

History; British & Irish history; Social & cultural history

"Sir

Your name is down amongst the Black

hearts in the Black Book and this is to advise you and the like of you,

who are Parson Justasses, to make your wills

Ye have been the Blackguard Enemies of the People on all occasions, Ye have not yet done

as ye ought

- Swing

In

our increasingly mechanized age, the Swing revolts are a timely record

of the relationship between technological advance, labour and poverty.

With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, capitalism swept from the

cities into the countryside, and tensions mounted between agricultural

workers and employers.

From 1830 on, a series of revolts, known

as the ""Swing"" shook England to its core. Landowners wanting to make

their land more profitable started to use machinery to harvest crops,

causing widespread misery among rural communities. Captain Swing

reveals the background to that upheaval, from its rise to its fall, and

shines a light on the people who tried to change the world and save

their livelihoods."

By: Eric Hobsbawm, George Rude
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 472g
ISBN: 9781781681800
ISBN 10: 1781681805
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 27 August 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eric Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria in 1917 and educated in Vienna, Berlin, London and Cambridge. He is the author of numerous classic works of history. He died in October 2012. George Rude was a distinguished Marxist historian and renowned expert on eighteenth-century history. He died in 1993.

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Captain Swing

Eric Hobsbawm, George Rude

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