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Rebel or Rioter? Luddites then and now

Author: Brett Clancy

Published in: Society | Issue 5/2017

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The Encyclopaedia Britannica contains an entry under the heading ‘Luddite’ and has had such an entry for over 100 years. This essay employs standard discourse analysis techniques to identify changes in the way the Luddites have been presented to the public by the Encyclopaedia over the same period. It is argued that as the potential readership has broadened and deepened across class boundaries, so has the narrative shifted from autocratic towards populist and the Luddites from rioting simpletons to rebel handicraftsmen.

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Title: Rebel or Rioter? Luddites then and now
Author: Brett Clancy
Publication date: 08-09-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Society / Issue 5/2017
Print ISSN: 0147-2011
Electronic ISSN: 1936-4725
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-017-0161-6

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