Chapter 2. Jobs Don't Disappear

The Making of the English Working Class

Thompson, E.P London: Victor Gollancz, 1963

The ‘Great Enoch’ sledgehammers and Yorkshire raids.

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Thompson, E.P. The Making of the English Working Class. London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. (The 'Great Enoch' sledgehammers and Yorkshire raids.)

Report of the Select Committee , Minutes of Evidence, 7 July 1832

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers 7 July 1832

Testimony of Joseph Hebergam.

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House of Commons Parliamentary Papers. Report of the Select Committee (The Sadler Report), Minutes of Evidence, 7 July 1832. Via Spartacus Educational. (Testimony of Joseph Hebergam.)

A Tour in the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire

Taylor, W. Cooke London: Duncan and Malcolm, 1842

The Lancashire hand-loom weavers.

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Taylor, W. Cooke. A Tour in the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire. London: Duncan and Malcolm, 1842. (The Lancashire hand-loom weavers.)

Writings of the Luddites

Binfield, Kevin Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004

Military deployment and the Frame Breaking Act.

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Binfield, Kevin. Writings of the Luddites. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. (Military deployment and the Frame Breaking Act.)

History of the 1826 Uprising in East Lancashire

The Weavers Uprising Bicentennial Committee Via Manchester Histories Research Portal, 1826

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The Weavers Uprising Bicentennial Committee. History of the 1826 Uprising in East Lancashire. 2022. Via Manchester Histories Research Portal.

Liberty’s Dawn: A People’s History of the Industrial Revolution

Griffin, Emma 2014

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Griffin, Emma. Liberty's Dawn: A People's History of the Industrial Revolution. 2014. emmagriffin.info/libertys-dawn.php

The hand-loom weaver and the power loom: a Schumpeterian perspective on technological unemployment

Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers 2018

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Oxford Economic and Social History Working Papers. 'The hand-loom weaver and the power loom: a Schumpeterian perspective on technological unemployment.' 2018.

The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth and Jobs

Acemoglu, Daron, and Pascual Restrepo American Economic Review, Vol. 108, No. 6

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Acemoglu, Daron, and Pascual Restrepo. 'The Race Between Man and Machine: Implications of Technology for Growth and Jobs.' American Economic Review, Vol. 108, No. 6. doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160696

Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence

Massenkoff, M. and McCrory, P Anthropic Research, March 2026

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Massenkoff, M. and McCrory, P. 'Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence.' Anthropic Research, March 2026. anthropic.com/research/labor-market-impacts