{"product_id":"before-the-luddites-9780521390422","title":"Before the Luddites","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Industrial organisation and culture; 2. Machinery, the factory and labour displacement; 3. The advent of machinery and community resistance; 4. The cloth dressers, trade unionism and machinery; 5. Industrial violence and machine breaking - the Wiltshire Outrages; 6. Custom and law: the weavers' campaign; 7. The political economy of machine breaking; 8. machinery, custom and class; Conclusion; Bibliography; Name and place index; Subject index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018260316503,"sku":"9780521390422","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521390422.jpg?v=1750776210","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/before-the-luddites-9780521390422","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}