{"product_id":"rebeccas-country-a-welsh-story-of-riot-and-resistance-9781915279743","title":"Rebecca's Country: A Welsh Story of Riot and Resistance","description":"\u003cb\u003eA study of the Rebecca movement's fight against high taxation and poverty in nineteenth-century Wales.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In nineteenth-century Wales, a protest took place like no other. Burdened by punishing tolls and desperate for their livelihoods, protestors dramatically cross-dressed in carnivalesque costumes to attack the tollbooths. Inspired by the enigmatic biblical figure of Rebecca, they went on to attack other symbols of injustice, redistribute wealth, and clash with both local authorities and the national government. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eRebecca's Country\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Rhian E. Jones explores the background, chronology, and achievements of the Rebecca movement. She offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people and how they responded to the sweeping and severe changes of the early nineteenth century, telling the human stories behind this dramatic history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRhian E. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, critic, and broadcaster from South Wales. She is co-editor of\u003ci\u003e Red Pepper \u003c\/i\u003eand writes for \u003ci\u003eTribune\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Her books include\u003ci\u003e Clampdown: Pop-Cultural Wars on Class and Gender;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePetticoat Heroes: Gender, Culture and Popular Protest, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTriptych: Three Studies of Manic Street Preachers' The Holy Bible;\u003c\/i\u003e the anthology \u003ci\u003eUnder My Thumb: Songs That Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePaint Your Town Red: How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Calon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243782045970,"sku":"9781915279743","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8dff58e3-71bd-4e65-a155-f02a91e0b588.jpg?v=1745871076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rebeccas-country-a-welsh-story-of-riot-and-resistance-9781915279743","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}