Title: The Luddites: machine-breakers of the early nineteenth century
Description: Discusses the causes, events, and aftermath of the machine-wrecking campaign carried on by early nineteenth-century English workers who felt the machines were destroying their jobs.
Subjects: History, Juvenile literature, Luddites, Riots, Sabotage in the workplace, Social conditions, Textile workers
Places: England, Great Britain
Time periods: 19th century