English hunger and industrial disorders : a study of social conflict during the first decade of George III's reign

This dissertation deals with the provincial hunger riots and the metropolitan industrial riots of the first decade of George III's reign. By focussing both on the immediate causes of these disturbances and on the underlying social tensions which determined their form and direction, it seeks to...

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Main Author: Shelton, Walter James
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33903