with technological displacement? Cookson says not. It is too easy, she argues, to dichotomize ‘traditional’ working practices and mechanical innovation. The textile trades in the English North knew frequent incremental change in this era. That usually meant that ‘the status quo was a recent confection’ (190), not something time-honoured. Protests were usually directed against unpopular employers, Cookson maintains, not at specific machines, although she offers evidence enough of violent machine-breaking. This is an accomplished book, written with aphoristic flair. It will be an essential point of reference for anyone interested in innovation in the Industrial Revolution.

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为生命而战：多萝西·弗朗西斯·巴克斯顿 (Dorothy Frances Buxton) 的传记

技术置换？库克森说不是。她认为，将“传统”工作实践和机械创新一分为二太容易了。在这个时代，英国北部的纺织业经历了频繁的增量变化。这通常意味着“现状是最近的甜点”（190），而不是历史悠久的东西。抗议通常是针对不受欢迎的雇主，库克森坚持认为，而不是针对特定的机器，尽管她提供了足够的暴力破坏机器的证据。这是一本颇有成就的书，以格言风格写成。对于任何对工业革命中的创新感兴趣的人来说，这将是一个重要的参考点。