Popular loyalism and public violence in the north-west of England, 1790–1800

Social History

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 295-313

  Booth, Alan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79954848316     PISSN: 03071022     EISSN: 14701200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071028308567569     Document Type: Article

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