'A rich and thoughtful book.' History 'A magnificent empirical resource accompanied by a subtle and powerful framework of interpretation..

1: From Mutiny to Mass Mobilization; 2: Contention under a Magnifying Glass; 3: Capital, State, and Class in Britain, 1750-1840; 4: Wilkes, Gordon, and Popular Vengeance, 1758-1788; 5: Revolution, War, and Other Struggles, 1789-1815; 6: State, Class, and Contention, 1816-1827; 7: Struggle and Reform, 1828-1834; 8: From Donkeying to Demonstrating