Andy Wood. The Politics of Social Conflict: The Peak Country, 1520–1770. (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History.) New York: Cambridge University Press. 1999. Pp. xvi, 354. $74.95. ISBN 0-521-56114-0.

Abstract

List of figures List of tables List of maps Preface List of abbreviations Introduction - 'terms we did not understand': landscape, place and perceptions 1. Social relations and popular culture in early modern England Part I. The Structures of Inequality: 2. Economy and society in the Peak Country, c.1520-70 3. Industrialization and social change, c.1570-1660 4. The Peak Country as an industrial region, c.1660-1770 5. Social conflict and early capitalism Part II. The Conditions of Community: 6. 'The memory of the people': custom, law and popular culture 7. The politics of custom 8. Community, identity and culture Part III. The Politics of Social Conflict: 9. 'Pyllage uppon the poore mynorz': sources of social conflict, 1500-1600 10. 'All is hurly burly here': local histories of social conflict, 1600-40 11. The Peak in context: riot and popular politics in early Stuart England 12. 'Prerogative hath many proctors': the English Revolution and the plebeian politics of the Peak, 1640-60 13. The experience of defeat? The defence of custom, 1660-1770 14. The making of the English working class in the Derbyshire Peak Country Bibliography Index.