This work aims to place Luddism within the context of machine-breaking as a long-established practice of industrial relations, and to assess its role within the many movements of social protest that were occurring in this period. The causes, aims and organization of Luddism are examined.
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Höhe: 144 mm
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978-0-7512-0157-4 (9780751201574)
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Machine-breakers and Luddites; the causes of Luddism; the aims of the Luddites; the organization of Luddism; Luddism and law and order; Luddism and the making of the English working class; diary of events, 1811-1817.
