Help me remember a book title

[gawkrodger]

Posted in here as I reckon it'll get more responses than in the reading etc forum

About a decade ago I read a book on working class/peasent revolts and uprisings in England. I recall enjoying the book and fancy reading it again. Problem is, I'm fucked if I can remember either the name of the book or who the author was!

I'm pretty sure it covered around a 150 year period, starting around the beginning of the 18th century, ending around 1850ish. I don't recollect it covering any Welsh/Scottish/Irish events. I seem to recollect it was published by a pretty mainstream/large publisher.

not much to go on, I know

 

[DaveCinzano]

What leapt to mind first was The English Rebels by Charles Poulsen, the cabbie who appeared on MasterMind*.

But that covered a wider period of time, and wasn't published by a large house, so it probably isn't the one you're after.

* I think I must have imagined that bit.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

My first thought was Riot by Ian Hernon, but that's "from Peterloo to the present day" (published 2006)

You could try searching on the British Library website by subject - this search might work for you

ETA

Popular disturbances in England, 1700-1832 / John Stevenson

John Stevenson 1946-

London : Longman, 1992.


seems about the most likely

 

[phildwyer]

The Making of the English Working Class by EP Thompson. He specifically mentions excluding the Welsh, Scots and Irish in the preface.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yeh making of the english working class

 

[gawkrodger]

Popular disturbances in England, 1700-1832 / John Stevenson

John Stevenson 1946-

London : Longman, 1992.


seems about the most likely

That's the one! Excellent! Cheers

I almost explicitly stated in my OP it definetly wasn't EP Thompson ha