{"product_id":"the-politics-of-social-conflict-the-peak-country-1520-1770-hardback-9780521561143","title":"The Politics of Social Conflict; The Peak Country, 1520–1770 (Hardback) 9780521561143","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Politics of Social Conflict\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Peak Country, 1520–1770\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA social and economic history of class and popular politics in the early modern 'Peak Country' of Derbyshire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAndy Wood (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521561143, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 September 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e374 pages, 14 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.8 x 16 x 2.8 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'[A] richly rewarding study … [Wood's] fine analysis of the plebeian politics of the Peak in the English Revolution … is itself worth the price of admission to a masterclass in the new social history of politics.' Economic History Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book provides an alternative approach to the history of social conflict, popular politics and plebeian culture in the early modern period. Based on a close study of the Peak Country of Derbyshire c.1520–1770, it has implications for understandings of class identity, popular culture, riot, custom and social relations. A detailed reconstruction of economic and social change within the region is followed by an in-depth examination of the changing cultural meanings of custom, gender, locality, skill, literacy, orality and magic. The local history of social conflict sheds light upon the nature of political engagement and the origins of early capitalism. Important insights are offered into early modern social and gender identities, civil war allegiances, the appeal of radical ideas and the making of the English working class. Above all, the book challenges the claim that early modern England was a hierarchical, 'pre-class' society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of figures\u003cbr\u003e List of tables\u003cbr\u003e List of maps\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction - 'terms we did not understand': landscape, place and perceptions\u003cbr\u003e 1. Social relations and popular culture in early modern England\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Structures of Inequality: 2. Economy and society in the Peak Country, c.1520–70\u003cbr\u003e 3. Industrialization and social change, c.1570–1660\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Peak Country as an industrial region, c.1660–1770\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social conflict and early capitalism\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Conditions of Community: 6. 'The memory of the people': custom, law and popular culture\u003cbr\u003e 7. The politics of custom\u003cbr\u003e 8. Community, identity and culture\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Politics of Social Conflict: 9. 'Pyllage uppon the poore mynorz': sources of social conflict, 1500–1600\u003cbr\u003e 10. 'All is hurly burly here': local histories of social conflict, 1600–40\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Peak in context: riot and popular politics in early Stuart England\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'Prerogative hath many proctors': the English Revolution and the plebeian politics of the Peak, 1640–60\u003cbr\u003e 13. The experience of defeat? The defence of custom, 1660–1770\u003cbr\u003e 14. The making of the English working class in the Derbyshire Peak Country\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\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":46065987223832,"sku":"9780521561143","price":101.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521561143i.jpg?v=1691408592","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-politics-of-social-conflict-the-peak-country-1520-1770-hardback-9780521561143","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}