Food rioting in Ireland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries : the 'moral economy' and the Irish crowd /
James Kelly.
- 271 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Food rioting, one of the most studied manifestations of purposeful protest internationally, was practised in Ireland for a century and a half between the early eighteenth century and 1860. This book provides a fully documented account of this phenomenon, and seeks to lay the foundations for a more structured analysis of popular protests during a period when riotous behaviour was normative. ... Book cover.