The fight for Scottish democracy : rebellion and reform in 1820 /

"Three Scottish weavers, James Wilson, Andrew Hardie and John Baird, were hanged and beheaded for high treason in the summer of 1820. Nineteen more men were transported to the penal colony of Botany Bay. Their crime? To have taken up arms against a corrupt and nepotistic parliament, and the ari...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Armstrong, Murray (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2020.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Democracy > Scotland > History > 19th century.
Radicalism > Scotland > History > 19th century.
Protest movements > Scotland > History > 19th century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Radicalism
Protest movements
Politics and government
Democracy
Scotland > Politics and government > 19th century.
Scotland > History > 19th century.
Écosse > Politique et gouvernement > 19e siècle.
Scotland
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1820: Death on the Green
  • 1812: Overture
  • 1815: A Disputed Peace
  • 1816-17: Alarm
  • 1817: Repression
  • 1818-19: Fever
  • 1819: Peterloo
  • 1819: Radicals vs Loyalists
  • 1820: Underground
  • 1820: Address to the Inhabitants
  • 1820: Hostilities
  • 1820: Purge
  • 1820: Retribution
  • Retreat
  • Postscript.

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