Rebecca’s Country

A Welsh Story of Riot and Resistance

Gebonden EN 2024 9781915279743
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A study of the Rebecca movement's fight against high taxation and poverty in nineteenth-century Wales.

In nineteenth-century Wales, a protest took place like no other. Burdened by punishing tolls and desperate for their livelihoods, protestors dramatically cross-dressed in carnivalesque costumes to attack the tollbooths. Inspired by the enigmatic biblical figure of Rebecca, they went on to attack other symbols of injustice, redistribute wealth, and clash with both local authorities and the national government.

In Rebecca’s Country, historian Rhian E. Jones explores the background, chronology, and achievements of the Rebecca movement. She offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people and how they responded to the sweeping and severe changes of the early nineteenth century, telling the human stories behind this dramatic history.

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ISBN13:9781915279743
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:256
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1DDU-GB-WV Zuidwest Wales
3MN 19e eeuw, ca. 1800 tot ca. 1899
3MNBL Ca. 1840 tot ca. 1849
3MNQ-GB-V Victoriaanse periode (1837 - 1901)

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