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

The economic history behind the hand-loom example: mechanisation did not simply remove a task; it changed wages, bargaining power and the shape of an occupation over time.

Allen, Robert C. ‘The hand-loom weaver and the power loom: a Schumpeterian perspective.’ European Review of Economic History 22(4), 2018, pp. 381–402. doi:10.1093/ereh/hex030.