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Against the Machine: Luddites: Luddites Volume 177 (Essential Prose) - Softcover

Buch 1 von 3: Against the Machine

Norman, Brian Van

 
9781771834797: Against the Machine: Luddites: Luddites Volume 177 (Essential Prose)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 177183479X ISBN 13: 9781771834797
Verlag: GUERNICA ED, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

At war against Napoleon near bankrupt English mill-masters experiment with a new factory system acquiring machines to replace men. A young worker leads the Luddites attacking mills and smashing machines. With increased assaults and even murder North England feels the grip of terrorism. Government agents attempt to suppress the rebellion. In 1812 there are more British troops in North England than fighting Napoleon in Europe. Against the Machine relates the story of the diverse characters caught in this conflict. It unveils the rank exploitation which marked the Industrial Revolution.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Brian Van Norman is the author of two previous novels: The Betrayal Path and Immortal Water (Guernica Editions). He is currently at work writing a sequel to Against the Machine. Once a teacher, theatre director, and adjudicator, Brian Van Norman left those worlds to travel with his wife, Susan, and take up writing as a full time pursuit. He has journeyed to every continent and sailed nearly every sea on the planet. His base is Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, though he is seldom found there.

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At war against Napoleon near bankrupt English mill-masters experiment with a new factory system acquiring machines to replace men. A young worker leads the Luddites attacking mills and smashing machines. With increased assaults and even murder North England feels the grip of terrorism. Government agents attempt to suppress the rebellion. In 1812 there are more British troops in North England than fighting Napoleon in Europe. Against the Machine relates the story of the diverse characters caught in this conflict. It unveils the rank exploitation which marked the Industrial Revolution. Timely, intense and reflective of another, technological revolution: our own.

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Verlag
GUERNICA ED
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
177183479X
ISBN 13 
9781771834797
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Anzahl der Seiten
412
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