十九世紀イギリスにおける機械破壊運動 : 北部毛織物工業地帯の場合

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In spite of its popularity, there still remain not a few misteries in the Luddism. The author begins his article by criticizing several works on the Luddism. According to his opinion, most of them regard it as a strictly economic phenomenon resulting from replacing human labour by newly invented machinery. The Luddism, therefore, appears to be a reactive movement to them, for it disturbed the economic growth brought by the Industrial Revolution. Those who pay attention just to the Nottingham Luddism, on the contrary, regard it as a progressive movement, for Nottingham Luddites broke old-styled machines, that is, the framework knitting machines for cut-ups. The author rejects both interpretation, because whether the broken machines were new or old is not a conclusive factor in deciding the character of the movement. The conclusive factor is that the Luddism pointed to the " general rising", which should have led to the radical political reform. He analyses Yorkshire Luddism led by dressers in the second section. After considering peculiarities in dressing process, he pays attention to the combination among them, which grew into the Luddites. In conclusion, he puts stress on the following points : (1) the Luddites represented a struggle for a way of life as well as for a standard of life ; (2) they regarded the new industrial capitalist not only as an economic innovator but as a social menace ; (3) their movement, therefore, was supported by many contemporaries as a "moral" and "legal" movement.
社会経済史学会の論文
1973-02-25

十九世紀イギリスにおける機械破壊運動 : 北部毛織物工業地帯の場合

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