Field Notes on the Republic

Boycott, the Land Agent Whose Name Became a Tactic


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Captain Charles Boycott has the particular fame of having his name turned into a word for the thing that was done to him. The story of County Mayo in 1880 is also the story of what the tactic is, and why a collective, nonviolent withdrawal of cooperation works, the same machinery that would later carry Montgomery.

Field Notes on the Republic was written and read by Michael Fowler. It was produced for Quorum (Supply Co.), an American civic purveyor. Music is "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," performed by the U.S. Military Academy Band, West Point.

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Field Notes on the RepublicBy Michael Fowler