{"product_id":"the-world-turned-upside-down-9780141993133","title":"The World Turned Upside Down","description":"By: Christopher Hill     \u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His finest work and one that was both symptom and engine of the concept  of \"history from below\" ... Here Levellers, Diggers, Ranters,  Muggletonians, the early Quakers and others taking advantage of the  collapse of censorship to bid for new kinds of freedom were given centre  stage' \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 'The World Turned Upside Down' Christopher Hill studies the beliefs  of such radical groups as the Diggers, the Ranters, the Levellers and  others, and the social and emotional impulses that gave rise to them.  The relations between rich and poor classes, the part played by  wandering 'masterless' men, the outbursts of sexual freedom, the great  imaginative creations of Milton and Bunyan - these and many other  elements build up into a marvellously detailed and coherent portrait of  this strange, sudden effusion of revolutionary beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Established  the concept of an \"English Revolution\" every bit as significant and  potentially as radical as its French and Russian equivalents' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'Brilliant ... marvellous erudition and sympathy' David Caute, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This  book will outlive our time and will stand as a notable monument to the  man, the committed radical scholar, and one of the finest historians of  the age' \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The dean and paragon of English historians' E.P. Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group : Penguin Books \/ Penguin","offers":[{"title":"GB - Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44175163949283,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9780141993133","price":120.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/9780141993133_be73df85-d2ac-4175-84bf-9ce15336f683.jpg?v=1735528022","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/the-world-turned-upside-down-9780141993133","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}