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By a Flash and a Scare' illuminates the darker side of rural life in the nineteenth century. He has published widely on 19th century protest and crime. Flashpoints such as the Swing riots, Tolpuddle, and the New Poor Law riots have long attracted the attention of historians, but here John E. Archer focuses on the persistent war waged in the countryside during the 1800s, analysing the prevailing climate of unrest, discontent, and 'By a Flash and a Scare' illuminates the darker side of rural life in the nineteenth century.

John E. Archer By a Flash and a Scare: Incendiarism, Animal Maiming, and Poaching in East Anglia, 1815-1870. ISBN 13: 9780198201779. By a Flash and a Scare: Incendiarism, Animal Maiming, and Poaching in East Anglia, 1815-1870.

By a Flash and a Scare' illuminates the darker side of rural life in the nineteenth century

By a Flash and a Scare' illuminates the darker side of rural life in the nineteenth century. Archer focuses on the persistent war waged in the countryside during the 1800s, analysing the prevailing climate of unrest, discontent, and desperation.

By a Flash and a Scare, . .has been added to your Basket. This must surely be the final nail in the coffin of romantic impressions of English rural history, and a sizzling nail it is, red-hot from the forge. this extremely fine work will make uncomfortable reading for those historians who have tried to minimize social tension in the countryside. Snell, Times Higher Education Supplement. The extent of Archer's analysis is breath-taking; we learn in detail where, when and how arson occurred. has an eye for the simple as well as complex explanation.

Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused. Archer, ‘By a Flash and a Scare’: Arson, Animal Maiming, and Poaching in East Anglia, 1815–70, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990, ISBN 019 820177 pp. viii + 282, £35. Roger Wells (a1). Brighton Polytechnic. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 January 2009. Export citation Request permission.

Given the extremely specific title it might be thought that this was a book that would only appeal to the specialist historian, but it is actually a very interesting examination of the intersection of protest and crime among rural labourers in a form.

Given the extremely specific title it might be thought that this was a book that would only appeal to the specialist historian, but it is actually a very interesting examination of the intersection of protest and crime among rural labourers in a formative period of English agricultural history. Many readers will be aware of the Captain Swing protests when, in large parts of England's agricultural areas, mass protests led to the burning and destruction of landowner's property - most famously threshing machines.

By a Flash and a Scare: Incendiarism, Animal Maiming, and Poaching in East Anglia, 1815-1870. Before the Luddites: Custom, Community, and Machinery in the English Woollen Industry, 1776-1809. Archer, By a Flash and a Scare: Incendiarism, Animal Maiming, and Poaching in East Anglia 1815–1870 (Oxford: Clarendon, 1990), p. 25. oogle Scholar. Online ISBN 978-0-230-28757-0. eBook Packages Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection. Personalised recommendations.