6. In writing on 18th century food riots, Thompson showed that far from being mindless, popular protests highly ritualized & followed script
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17. A bit of hunch, but it seems like police theories of "crowd control" now in use are throw-back to 19th century mob violence literature
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@HeerJeet "a whiff of grape-shot"
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@HeerJeet Still well regarded,widely cited. Moral econ central to current consumption/consumerism lit examining food/water/other necessitiesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet in other words, lots of current work on popular protest still grounded in these concepts -
@Ian_Mosby Fair enough. These are still widely read. But I think their insights haven't penetrated journalists, police & politicians. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet Hobsbawm lingers, at least in my experience. Haven't seen much of the others though.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@KhanumBilquis@HeerJeet Subaltern Studies? Guha's Prose of Counterinsurgency.
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