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'Till our liberties be secure': Popular sovereignty and public space in Bristol, 1780-1850 (1999)
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Poole, S. (1999). 'Till our liberties be secure': Popular sovereignty and public space in Bristol, 1780-1850. Urban History, 26(1), 40-54. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926899000139

Struggles over the symbolic ownership of Bristol's open spaces were often influenced by association with conflicts between mercantile elites and 'the people' over the definition and nature of civic identity. Shifting political and cultural readings o... Read More about 'Till our liberties be secure': Popular sovereignty and public space in Bristol, 1780-1850.