{"product_id":"crowds-and-history-mass-phenomena-in-english-towns-1790-1835-paperback-9780521520133","title":"Crowds and History; Mass Phenomena in English Towns, 1790–1835 (Paperback) 9780521520133","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCrowds and History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMass Phenomena in English Towns, 1790–1835\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fresh look at the crowd in relation to the urbanising process and the civic culture it inspired.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark Harrison (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521520133, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 20 June 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 13.9 x 2.6 cm, 0.532 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, urbanisation 'revolutionised' English society as much as industrialisation. Central to this urbanising process, and the civic culture it inspired, was the bringing together of people in large numbers - to celebrate, commemorate, vilify or validate. Contemporary observers found the power and potential of urban crowds both awesome and alarming. They witnessed the capacity of the masses to confer honour and prestige upon a proud city elite or, by turning hostile, to bring civic ruin. Yet this ambivalent relationship between the individual and the crowd, which resonates through not only the nineteenth century but all human history, has remained generally ignored by historians. They have regarded crowds almost exclusively as a riotous, disruptive and protesting force. This book, which is the first systematic historical study of mass phenomena, challenges such preconceptions and re-defines the place of the crowd in history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of figures, maps and tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Theory and Method: 1. The crowd and history: problems of historiography\u003cbr\u003e 2. The crowd in history: problems of definition and method\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Patterns, Procedures and Power: 3. Introduction: the ordering of the urban environment\u003cbr\u003e 4. Contexts for crowds in four towns: Bristol, Liverpool, Norwich and Manchester\u003cbr\u003e 5. Time, work and the occurrence of crowds\u003cbr\u003e 6. Symbolism, ritual and the location of crowds\u003cbr\u003e 7. Masses and masses: the language of crowd description\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Cases, Causes and Contingencies: 8. Introduction: corporate bodies\u003cbr\u003e 9. Meetings and elections\u003cbr\u003e 10. Celebration and ceremonial\u003cbr\u003e 11. Riot and revolt\u003cbr\u003e 12. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Urban communities [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Urban communities\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Urban%20communities%20%5BJFSG%5D%22\"\u003eJFSG\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019761439000,"sku":"9780521520133","price":31.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521520133i_2fa87ca3-d226-4924-97fa-5b01692c62da.jpg?v=1691383570","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/crowds-and-history-mass-phenomena-in-english-towns-1790-1835-paperback-9780521520133","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}