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100 1 _aHammond, J. L.
_q(John Lawrence),
_d1872-1949
245 1 4 _aThe village labourer, 1760-1832 :
_bA study in the government of England before the Reform Bill
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2022-09-17
508 _aHenry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"The Village Labourer, 1760-1832" by J. L. Hammond and Barbara Bradby Hammond is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work explores the life and conditions of the rural poor in England during a pivotal era marked by governmental power and social changes leading up to the Reform Bill. The authors seek to illuminate both the processes of Parliamentary enclosure and the resulting labourers' uprising of 1830, shedding light on the struggles faced by these workers under an unequal system of governance. The opening of the book sets the stage for a comprehensive examination of the governing dynamics in pre-Reform Bill England, particularly focusing on the aristocracy’s overwhelming control over political and local structures. The text contrasts the experiences of the working classes with the prevailing narratives centered on the ruling elite, emphasizing the conditions that dictated the villagers' lives. It introduces the concept of Parliamentary enclosure, highlighting both its procedural complexity and the profound ramifications it had on the agrarian landscape, ultimately contributing to social unrest and the demand for better conditions among the working populace. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited Kingdom: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1912
653 _aGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820
653 _aGreat Britain -- Politics and government -- 1800-1837
653 _aInclosures
653 _aAgricultural laborers -- England -- History -- 18th century
653 _aAgricultural laborers -- England -- History -- 19th century
653 _aVillages -- England -- History
700 1 _aHammond, Barbara Bradby,
_d1873-1961
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/villagelabourer100hammuoft/page/2
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69002
999 _c109801
_d109801