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Liversidge, Douglas The Luddites: Machine-breakers of the Early Nineteenth Century 1972 Book Luddites
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The Luddites: Machine-breakers of the Early Nineteenth Century

by Liversidge, Douglas (1972)

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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.

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