Saturday, March 24, 2007

Luddism Reading Assignments for March 29th

THE LEADER OF THE LUDDITES

Pub d May 1812 by Mess, Walker and Knight,
Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange


Here are the reading assignments for Thursday from Writings of the Luddites (Ed. Binfield, 2004), which will be on reserve as of Tuesday. Please read the relevant section of the introduction and your assigned reading. Rather than offering a summary of what you have read, you may pick the document(s) you find most interesting to address the question, "What is Luddism?"


Read Introduction Midlands Luddism 19-32 AND:
1. 70-85 (M1-M8) ASHLY
2. 86-100 (M9-M15) KIERAN
3. 101-116 (M16-M24) SLAVICA
4. 116-130 (M25-M32) CHRISTINE
5. 130-146 (M33-M42) AMY G.
6. 146-166 (M43-M56) ALEX O.

Read Introduction Northwestern Luddism 32-47 AND:
7. 167-178 (N1-N7) TINA
8. 178-187 (N7-N13) ALEX G.
9. 186-198 (N14-23) BYRANNA

Read Introduction Yorkshire Luddism 47-67 AND:
10. 199-213 (Y1-Y7) AMY Y.
11. 213-224 (Y8-Y14) LIDIA
12. 225-238 (Y15-Y25) TANYA

No comments: