Rudé, George F. E.

Paris and London in the eighteenth century studies in popular protest [by] George Rudé. - New York Viking Press [1971] - 350 p. 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The 'pre-industrial' crowd.--Society and conflict in London and Paris in the eighteenth century.--The outbreak of the French Revolution.--The fall of the Bastille.--The social composition of the Parisian insurgents of 1789 to 1791.--The motives of popular insurrection in Paris during the French Revolution.--'Mother Gin' and the London riots of 1736.--Wilkes and liberty, 1768-9.--The Gordon riots: a study of the rioters and their victims.--The London 'mob' of the eighteenth century.--Collusion and convergence in eighteenth century English political action.

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Riots--France--Paris.
Riots--England--London.


Paris France--Social conditions.
London England --Social conditions.

HN438.P3 / R8 1971

301.6/332/09421