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Christian Auer, « 64. Living in a Bothy, 1832 », Presses universitaires de Strasbourg
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William Cobbett (1763-1835), a politician and journalist, was deeply concerned about the conditions of the working classes. His Political Register, begun in 1802, was one of the greatest reform journals of the period and achieved an unparalleled influence among the working classes. Because of his criticism of the government’s handling of an army mutiny, Cobbett was convicted of sedition in 1810 and imprisoned for two years. After the passage of the Gagging Acts Cobbett fled to the United States....
