William Cobbett, the Press and Rural England

William Cobbett, the Press and Rural England offers a thorough re-appraisal of William Cobbett (1763-1835), situating his journalism and rural radicalism in relation to contemporary political debates.

Auteur

James Grande is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at King's College London, UK. He completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Oxford and worked as a research assistant on the digital edition of William Godwin's diary (2010). He is one of the editors of The Opinions of William Cobbett (2013).

Contenu
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Digging up the 1790s 1. From the Soldier's Friend to Peter Porcupine 2. William Windham and the Hampshire Hog 3. Prison, Paper Money and Cobbett's 'Twopenny Trash' 4. Long Island Pastoral 5. Cobbett and Queen Caroline 6. Rural Rides and the 1820s 7. 'Rural War' and the July Revolution Postscript: Cobbett's Legacies Bibliography Index