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Ned Ludd Queen Mab Machinebreaking Romanticism And The Several Commons Of 181112

Ned Ludd Queen Mab Machinebreaking Romanticism And The Several Commons Of 181112

HistoryPolitics & Society
Pages
45
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

Peter Linebaugh's historical imagination brings to life the concept of globalization through the lens of 19th-century English loom-breakers. This book enlists the Luddites into an international group of commoners resisting dispossession during the rise of capitalist modernity. From the perspective of 1811-12, Linebaugh surveys the global processes that impacted traditional communities and dispossessed people of their means of production.

Prose complexity
10/10

Vibe

InformativeThought-ProvokingIntellectualComplex

Genres

History Politics & Society

About the author

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Peter Linebaugh

Peter Linebaugh is an American Marxist historian who specializes in British history, Irish history, labor history, and the history of the colonial Atlantic. He is a member of the Midnight Notes Collective. Source: Peter Linebaugh on Wikipedia (Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0).