Title: Rebels against the future
First published: 1995
Description: This is the story of a bold uprising by the earliest victims of the first Industrial Revolution, viewed from the perspective of today's second Industrial Revolution, a vivid reminder that the current turmoil, driven by rapidly developing technologies and the global economy, is every bit as disruptive as the one created by the steam engine and laissez-faire.

Rebels Against the Future is a work of careful scholarship, but it is also an exciting tale of people whose resistance to technology was so dramatic that their name has entered our vernacular. "Luddite" today refers to anyone unmoved by laptop computers and cellular phones, but this book reminds us that the Luddites were in fact real people, English working men who saw their livelihoods and homes, their communities and countryside, destroyed by the onrush of industrial capitalism.
Subjects: Computers, History, Industrial revolution, Luddites, Political activity, Riots, Sabotage in the workplace, Social aspects, Social aspects of Computers, Social aspects of Technology, Technology, Textile workers, Working class, Working class, great britain, Textile workers, great britain, Riots, great britain, Work environment, Technology, social aspects, Computers, social aspects, Working class--political activity--history, Working class--england--political activity--history--19th century, Industrial revolution--history, Industrial revolution--england--history--19th century, Riots--history, Riots--england--history--19th century, Technology--social aspects, Computers--social aspects, Sabotage in the workplace--history, Sabotage in the workplace--england--history--19th century, Textile workers--history, Textile workers--england--history--19th century, Da535 .s23 1995, 942.081
Places: England
Time periods: 19th century