| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 A Brief History of Tax Resistance and Revolutions -- 2 Why a Poll Tax? -- 3 Scotland -- 4 Debates Over Strategy -- 5 The Resistance Begins -- 6 The Battle of Trafalgar (Square) -- 7 A Ragtag Army -- 8 Endgame -- 9 Social Movements, Class and Strategy -- Conclusion: A System Shaken or Broken? -- Notes -- Index |
| Summary |
Thirty years ago, a social movement helped bring down one of the most powerful British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. For the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax rebellion, Simon Hannah looks back on those tumultuous days of resistance, telling the story of the people that beat the bailiffs, rioted for their rights and defied a government |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Poll tax -- Great Britain
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Poll tax
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781786806048 |
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1786806045 |
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9781786806055 |
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1786806053 |
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9781786806062 |
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1786806061 |
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9780745340814 |
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0745340814 |
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