The Rebecca Riots: A Study in Agrarian Discontent - Softcover

Williams, David

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Synopsis

The Rebecca Riots have often been represented as an uprising of oppressed peasantry against the burden of toll gates. However, David Williams here explores the deeper causes of the movement in the comprehensive study of the period.

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About the Author

David Williams died in 1978. He lived and worked in Aberystwyth at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth as well as in Cardiff. He was born in Lan-y-Cefn, Pembrokeshire in 1900. He was the doyen of Welsh historians, publishing numerous classic history books.

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"It is safe to say that Professor Williams's excellently written and dispassionate account of the riots and their background is likely to remain the final word on the subject." -Times Literary Supplement

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