Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives
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Year of Publication |
2002
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Contributors |
Author:
Nicols Fox |
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Number of Pages |
405 pp.
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Publisher |
Island Press
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City |
Washington, D.C.
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ISBN |
9781559638609
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Annotation |
Examines resistance to technology since the Industrial Revolution.
Contents:
The Kellams and their island
The frame breakers
Romantic inclinations
The mechanized hand
Golden bees, plain cottages, and apple trees
Signs of life
The nature of dissent
Going to ground
Writing against the machine
The clockwork god
Looking for Luddites
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