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SUMMARY:The Curious Case of Yorkshire Luddism - Richard Jones (University 
 of Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:This argument-driven paper will probe the industrial precedent
 s and\ncultural legacy of machine breaking in the West Riding of Yorkshire
  during\nthe spring of 1812. The central analysis will characterise Luddis
 m as a\nconservative economic and social phenomenon with a provenance in t
 he sense\nof entitlement found in earlier trade societies\, and argue agai
 nst seeing\nthe movement as part of the broader sweep of nineteenth-centur
 y political\ndevelopment.\n\nAlthough the paper will focus on Luddism in Y
 orkshire\, it will be argued\nthat the analysis and conclusions can be (su
 bstantively) extended to the\nother industrial regions in which unrest occ
 urred. A range of evidential\nclasses will be harnessed in support of this
  argument\, including Luddite\nletters\, prosecution papers from the Home 
 Office and Treasury Solicitor\ndeposits at Kew\, judicial records from Yor
 kshire\, and a corpus of regional\nfiction.\n
LOCATION:Room 101\, Sir William Hardy Building\, Downing Site
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