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Before the Luddites: Custom, Community and Machinery in the English Woollen Industry, 1776-1809 Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Randall, Adrian (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521893348     ISBN-13: 9780521893343
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $47.49  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2002
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Annotation: Before the Luddites is a study of the early Industrial Revolution in the English woollen cloth-making industry in the West of England and Yorkshire which concentrates upon the social background of and response to change. It is particularly concerned to explain the reasons for and the effect of Luddism. This book argues that resistance to machinery had a long history before the Luddite disturbances of 1811-12 and that this response to change sprang from a community culture which was deep-rooted and hostile to the values of economic individualism embodied by the new economy and to laissez-faire.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Western Europe - General
- Business & Economics | Industries - General
- History | Europe - Great Britain - General
Dewey: 338.476
Series: Custom, Community and Machinery in the English Woollen Indus
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.10 lbs) 340 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western Europe
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated
 
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