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Article: Social Unrest and Popular Protest in England 1780-1840. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
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- June 22, 2002
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John E. Archer. Social Unrest and Popular Protest in En gland 1780-1840. (New Studies in Economic and Social History.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. vi, 110. $39.95. ISBN 0-521-57216-9.
John Archer's short book seeks to introduce students to the ever-expanding literature on protest and social unrest in England between 1780 and 1840 and to explore the complex issue of "evolution and change" in forms of action and organization. "Was protest," he asks early on, "'modernising' or 'progressing' towards more modern forms such as trade unions or political associations which were more organized, permanent and formal than the temporary, informal and ...