Crowd Actions in Britain and France from the Middle Ages to the Modern World

by Davis, Michael T.

• ISBN13: 9780230203983
• ISBN10: 0230203981
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Riots, rampaging mobs and looting are not mere curiosities of the past; nor are they events confined to the fringes of the modern world, only breaking out in less-developed and distant nations that continue to bear the strain and duress of tyranny. On the contrary, rioting and resistance to the various powers that be is very much with us in the West at this moment in time. The general aim of this collection is to compare, contrast and juxtapose some of the more notable riots and rebellions in Europe, from the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381 through to the most recent race and student riots in Paris in 2005 and 2006. Drawing on world-leading authorities from across the globe this volume of original essays endeavours to analyse and unpack the circumstances, constructions and outcomes of these history-making incidents and episodes of rioting, rebellion and general resistance.

Author Biography

Michael T. Davis is Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia. His publications include Radicalism and Revolution in Britain, 1775-1848 (2000); London Corresponding Society (2002); Newgate in Revolution: An Anthology of Radical Prison Literature in the Age of Revolution (ed. with I. McCalman and C. Parolin, 2005); Unrespectable Radicals? Popular Politics in the Age of Reform (ed. with P. A. Pickering, 2008); and Terror: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism in Europe, 1605 to the Future (ed. with B. Bowden, 2008).

Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction: The Arc of Violence: Riots, Disturbances of the Peace, Public Protests & Crowd Actions in History; Jack Fruchtman, Jr.
1. Heresy, Rebellion and Utopian Courage: The English Peasant Rising of 1381; Mark O'Brien
2. Riot and Religion in Sixteenth-Century France; Penny Roberts
3. Protest and Rebellion in Seventeenth-Century France; William Beik
4. The Politics of Protest in Seventeenth-Century England; John Walter
5. Provisioning, Power, and Popular Protest from the Seventeenth to the French Revolution and Beyond; Cynthia A. Bouton
6. Food Riots and Provision Politics in Early-Modern England & France, the Irish Famine and World War I; John Bohstedt
7. Nights of Fire: The Gordon Riots of 1780 and the Politics of War; Nicholas Rogers
8. Reformers No Rioters: British Radicalism and Mob Identity in the 1790s; Michael T. Davis
9. Machine-Breaking and the 'Threat from Below' in Great Britain and France during the Early Industrial Revolution; Jeff Horn
10. Militarization and Collective Action in Great Britain, 1815-1820; Gordon Pentland
11. The Revolutionary Century? Revolts in Nineteenth-Century France; Peter McPhee
12. Red May Days: Hopes and Fears in Europe in the 1890s; Chris Wrigley
13. 1968: Politics Takes to the Pavement; Brett Bowden
14. Making Other Worlds Possible? Riots, Movement and Counter-Globalisation; Tadzio Mueller, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, and Sian Sullivan
15. Riots in Thatcher's Britain; Peter Hayes
16. France's Burning Issue: Understanding the Urban Riots of November 2005; Raphaël Canet, Laurent Pech, and Maura Stewart