Dr Joe Cozens
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19th Century Social and Political Records Researcher
About
Part of the Modern Britain team, Joe works across legal, military, and financial records to explore histories of crime, protest, ‘disorder’ and the law in 18th and 19th-century Britain. His current research focuses on challenges to public order and the ways the British state sought to control smuggling gangs and protesting crowds.
More broadly, he is a proponent of ‘history from below’ and is interested in reading official records ‘against the grain’ to foreground and better understand the lives of disadvantaged and marginalised groups in the past.
Articles
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Focus on
Smuggling gangs and coastal policing in 19th-century England
NewFollowing the Napoleonic Wars, smuggling became a major concern for the British government.