JOHN BULAITIS is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPrologue: The Battle of the Ducks Introduction1. The 1836 Tithe Commutation Act2. Hops, Pantomime and Martyrs, 1881-863. Wales and Southern England, 1886-914. Tithe after the Great War5. The Settlement Unravels, 1927-316. The Bounty and General Dealers7. English Agrarianism and Fascism8. Pressures for a Settlement9. Royal Commission 10. AftermathConclusion: A 'Curious Rural Revolt'?Sources and BibliographyIndex

This is a mighty achievement, a deeply impressive study by a fine historian at the top of their game. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the popular and elite politics of the tithe in Wales in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Such is the depth of archival research, the close, sophisticated reading of organisation and politicking, the extraordinary attention to activist biographies... that it is hard to envisage a better political history.

JOHN BULAITIS is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPrologue: The Battle of the Ducks Introduction1. The 1836 Tithe Commutation Act2. Hops, Pantomime and Martyrs, 1881-863. Wales and Southern England, 1886-914. Tithe after the Great War5. The Settlement Unravels, 1927-316. The Bounty and General Dealers7. English Agrarianism and Fascism8. Pressures for a Settlement9. Royal Commission 10. AftermathConclusion: A 'Curious Rural Revolt'?Sources and BibliographyIndex

This is a mighty achievement, a deeply impressive study by a fine historian at the top of their game. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the popular and elite politics of the tithe in Wales in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Such is the depth of archival research, the close, sophisticated reading of organisation and politicking, the extraordinary attention to activist biographies... that it is hard to envisage a better political history.

JOHN BULAITIS is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsPrologue: The Battle of the Ducks Introduction1. The 1836 Tithe Commutation Act2. Hops, Pantomime and Martyrs, 1881-863. Wales and Southern England, 1886-914. Tithe after the Great War5. The Settlement Unravels, 1927-316. The Bounty and General Dealers7. English Agrarianism and Fascism8. Pressures for a Settlement9. Royal Commission 10. AftermathConclusion: A 'Curious Rural Revolt'?Sources and BibliographyIndex

This is a mighty achievement, a deeply impressive study by a fine historian at the top of their game. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the popular and elite politics of the tithe in Wales in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Such is the depth of archival research, the close, sophisticated reading of organisation and politicking, the extraordinary attention to activist biographies... that it is hard to envisage a better political history.