{"product_id":"peterloo-the-english-uprising-9780198783466","title":"Peterloo: The English Uprising","description":"On 16 August, 1819, at St Peter's Field, Manchester, armed cavalry attacked a peaceful rally of some 50,000 pro-democracy reformers. Under the eyes of the national press, 18 people were killed and some 700 injured, many of them by sabres, many of them women, some of them children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 'Peterloo massacre', the subject of a recent feature film and a major commemoration in 2019, is famous as the central episode in Edward Thompson's \u003cem\u003eMaking of the English Working Class\u003c\/em\u003e. It also marked the rise of a new English radical populism as the British state, recently victorious at Waterloo, \u003cbr\u003ewas challenged by a pro-democracy movement centred on the industrial north. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy did the cavalry attack? Who ordered them in? What was the radical strategy? Why were there women on the platform, and why were they so ferociously attacked? Using an immense range of sources, and many new maps and illustrations, Robert Poole tells for the first time the full extraordinary story\u003cbr\u003eof Peterloo: the English Uprising.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Poole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198783466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Poole\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Central Lancashire and a Manchester-based historian and writer and historical consultant to the Peterloo commemoration programme, www.peterloo1819.co.uk. He is co-author of the graphic novel \u003cem\u003ePeterloo: Witnesses to a Massacre\u003c\/em\u003e (2019) and author\u003cbr\u003eof several historical books and articles in journals ranging from \u003cem\u003ePast and Present\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39932107948147,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a2158237-cf0b-49c2-9ece-4bcbb9af7a34.jpg?v=1647790111","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/peterloo-the-english-uprising-9780198783466","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}