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OverviewKirkpatrick Sale is at the tumultuous centre of a technology backlash, actively challenging Bill Gates on the one hand and the Unabomber on the other. The subject of bets, barbs, and grudging praise in the pages of WIRED, The New York Times, Newsweek, and The New Yorker, Rebels Against the Future takes us back to the first technology backlash, the short-lived and fierce Luddite rebellion of 1811. Sale tells the compelling story of the Luddites'struggle to preserve their jobs and way of life by destroying the machines that threatened to replace them he then invokes a new-Luddite spirit in response to today's technological revolution and calls for another sort of rebellion: not one of violence but rather of intellectually and ethically sound protest. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kirkpatrick SalePublisher: Hachette Books Imprint: Da Capo Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780201407181ISBN 10: 0201407183 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 17 April 1996 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD  We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of Contents* Introduction * With Hatchet, Pike and Gun * The First Industrial Revolution * The Luddites: November-December 1811 * The Luddites: January-April 1812 * The Luddites: April-May 1812 * The Luddites: May 1812-January 1813 * The Luddites: 1813-... * The Second Industrial Revolution * The Neo-Luddites * Lessons from the Luddites * TimelineReviewsAuthor InformationKirkpatrick Sale is a contributing editor of The Nation and the author of many books, including Conquering Paradise: Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Legacy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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