Ned Ludd, the Machine Breaker
Ned Ludd, the Machine Breaker
This chapter traces the migration of Ned Ludd across different regions of England through a rhetorical reading of Luddite texts. In this migration, the eponym expands its original association with machine-breaking to encompass a wider set of economic and political demands such as requests of higher wages, lower food prices, and the abolition of the monarchy.
Keywords: Ned Ludd, pseudonym, social movements, labor history, anonymity
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