20669609
9780198201021
This book tells the full story of the confrontation between Chartist miners and troops in Newport in 1839--the most serious clash between people and government in modern industrial Britain--analyzing the profound impact of armed insurrection on the social and political climate of the period.Jones, David J. is the author of 'The Last Rising: The Newport Insurrection of 1839', published 1986 under ISBN 9780198201021 and ISBN 0198201028.
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