Peterloo, The English Uprising by Poole, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover page Halftitle page Frontispiece page Title page Copyright page Dedication page Acknowledgements Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations A Note on the Text A Note on Money List of Principal Characters Prologue 1. England in 1819

The Old Regime War Peace

2. Regency Manchester

The Greatest Village Law and Order Spinners and Weavers Loyal Manchester

3. Manchester at War

Patriotism under Pressure Cavalry and Soup Kitchens 1808: Rehearsal for Peterloo 1812: Luddism and Politics

4. Reformers

Cartwright’s Union The Representation of the People Reforming Lancashire

5. Petitioners

The Right to Petition Radical Petitioners From Lancashire to London

6. Rebels

The Last Days of English Liberty Blanketeers The Road to London

7. Conspirators

To Make a Moscow of Manchester From Manchester to Pentrich Prisoners The Manchester Yeomanry

8. Strikers

Radical Spring Spinners Weavers Soldiers and People

9. Hunt in Manchester

London and Manchester St Peter’s Field Hunt at the Theatre Manchester and London

10. ‘By the Law or the Sword’

The Fray at Stockport To the People of England Mass Platform

11. Order, Order

In Military Order Reform among Females ‘A Great and Imminent Danger’ The Largest Assemblage

12. March

The Man in the White Hat Incident at White Moss The March to Peterloo St Peter’s Field See the Conquering Hero

13. Massacre

‘Forward!’ ‘Have at their Flags’ Hideous Work War Correspondents Victory

14. Aftermath

Return Riot Official Versions Inquest Prisoners News from Manchester

15. Reckoning

Numbers Riot Act Orders, Orders Anatomy of a Massacre Strategy Trials An English Uprising Reform

Notes Figure Acknowledgements Index

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