Violent London: 2000 Years of Riots, Rebels and Revolts

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Acknowledgements to the Palgrave edition......Page 11
Permissions......Page 13
List of Illustrations......Page 14
List of Plates......Page 15
Preface to the Palgrave Edition......Page 19
Preface to the First Edition......Page 38
1 A Desolation they called Peace: The Destruction of London in AD 60......Page 40
2 \'Offence – A Londoner\': The Peasants\' Revolt to Evil May Day......Page 56
3 ‘We\'ll no need the Papists noo!\': Criminalizing Catholics from the Babington Plot to Guy Fawkes......Page 69
4 Free-Born John: Levellers, Fifth Monarchy Men and the Peace Women......Page 94
5 Murderous Fantasies: The Great Fire to the Popish Plot......Page 117
6 George\'s War: From the Jacobites to the Gordon Riots......Page 150
7 The Ape-Like Irish: The Aftermath of the Gordon Riots, the Catholic Emancipation Act and the Garibaldi Riots......Page 172
8 ‘Wilkes and Liberty\': The Political Riot......Page 185
9 The United States of England: The English Jacobins to the Cato Street Conspirators......Page 209
10 Monster Rallies: The War with the Chartists, the \'Sally Army\' and the Rebellious Schoolchildren of London......Page 228
11 Persecuting Pigeons: Trafalgar Square and Bloody Sunday......Page 253
12 \'Good Old Dynamite\': London\'s War with the Bombers......Page 265
13 Women Behaving Badly: The Suffragettes......Page 294
14 Huns and Hashish: The Yellow Peril to the German Pogrom......Page 310
15 Comrades All: Red London to Red Ken......Page 320
16 Brave Boys of the BUF: The Origins of London Fascism......Page 333
17 Not Quite Kosher: The Jews of London, Jeffrey Hamm and the Return of Oswald Mosley......Page 361
18 Alien Nation: Indian Assassins and Black Radicals......Page 377
19 The Tiber Flowing with Much Blood: Enoch Powell, Notting Hill and Hackney......Page 390
20 Like Rorke\'s Drift: Hackney, Brick Lane and Lewisham......Page 404
21 Anarchy in the UK: Private Armies, Vigilantes and the New Cross Fire......Page 416
22 Living on the Front Line: Brixton to Broadwater Farm; the Stephen Lawrence Case to the Soho Bomber......Page 435
23 One, Two, Three, What Are We Fighting For?: Grosvenor Square to Moon at the Monarchy 2000......Page 461
24 Back to the Future: Poll Tax Rebels and Tenant Strikers......Page 482
25 The Free Republic of Wanstonia: The Fight for London\'s Green Spaces......Page 496
26 Never Underestimate a Minority: Guerrilla Gardeners and the Countryside Alliance......Page 510
27 The Man in the Third Carriage: 7/7 and its Consequences......Page 520
28 Operation Glencoe: G20, Ian Tomlinson and the Future of Street Protest......Page 545
Appendix One: Shadow of a Warrior Queen Boudicca and the Destruction of London: Unanswered Questions......Page 558
Appendix Two: The Huguenot and Italian Legacy......Page 567
Appendix Three: Assassination Attempts on the Royal Family......Page 570
Notes......Page 575
Index......Page 592
Photo Section......Page 618