Steven E. Jones is Professor of English at Loyola University, Chicago. He is author of Satire and Romanticism and editor of The Satiric Eye.

"In Against Technology, Jones has opened up a rich field of study that cries out for more examination. The unintended consequences of technology, such as global warming, should not be seen as a call to retreat to a simpler time." - Robert L. Park, Physics Today 'The book is accessibly written and well informed, with technology discussions avoiding naivete and literary analyses resisting theoretical quagmires. As such, it appeals not only to general readers but scholars from a variety of disciplines.' - International Journal of CommunicationAgainst Technology critically interrogates the supposed continuity between neo-Luddism and its alleged precursor, the original Luddite movement of 1811-16. Along the way, the book provides fascinating insights into the development of this unruly working-class movement and demonstrates its continuing relevance to twenty-first-century culture. Against Technology is a magisterial scholarly work of compelling interest to readers of British Romantic literature. -James McKusick, The Wordsworth Circle

• Introduction; Chapter 1 The Boom, the Bust, and Neo-Luddites in the 1990s; Chapter 2 The Mythic History of The Original Luddites; Chapter 3 Romanticizing the Luddites; Chapter 4 Frankenstein and the Monster of Technology; Chapter 5 Novelizing the Luddites; Chapter 6 Counterculture and Countercomputer in the 1960s; Chapter 7 Ned Ludd in the Age of Terror;

Steven E. Jones is Professor of English at Loyola University, Chicago. He is author of Satire and Romanticism and editor of The Satiric Eye.

"In Against Technology, Jones has opened up a rich field of study that cries out for more examination. The unintended consequences of technology, such as global warming, should not be seen as a call to retreat to a simpler time." - Robert L. Park, Physics Today 'The book is accessibly written and well informed, with technology discussions avoiding naivete and literary analyses resisting theoretical quagmires. As such, it appeals not only to general readers but scholars from a variety of disciplines.' - International Journal of CommunicationAgainst Technology critically interrogates the supposed continuity between neo-Luddism and its alleged precursor, the original Luddite movement of 1811-16. Along the way, the book provides fascinating insights into the development of this unruly working-class movement and demonstrates its continuing relevance to twenty-first-century culture. Against Technology is a magisterial scholarly work of compelling interest to readers of British Romantic literature. -James McKusick, The Wordsworth Circle

• Introduction; Chapter 1 The Boom, the Bust, and Neo-Luddites in the 1990s; Chapter 2 The Mythic History of The Original Luddites; Chapter 3 Romanticizing the Luddites; Chapter 4 Frankenstein and the Monster of Technology; Chapter 5 Novelizing the Luddites; Chapter 6 Counterculture and Countercomputer in the 1960s; Chapter 7 Ned Ludd in the Age of Terror;

Steven E. Jones is Professor of English at Loyola University, Chicago. He is author of Satire and Romanticism and editor of The Satiric Eye.

"In Against Technology, Jones has opened up a rich field of study that cries out for more examination. The unintended consequences of technology, such as global warming, should not be seen as a call to retreat to a simpler time." - Robert L. Park, Physics Today 'The book is accessibly written and well informed, with technology discussions avoiding naivete and literary analyses resisting theoretical quagmires. As such, it appeals not only to general readers but scholars from a variety of disciplines.' - International Journal of CommunicationAgainst Technology critically interrogates the supposed continuity between neo-Luddism and its alleged precursor, the original Luddite movement of 1811-16. Along the way, the book provides fascinating insights into the development of this unruly working-class movement and demonstrates its continuing relevance to twenty-first-century culture. Against Technology is a magisterial scholarly work of compelling interest to readers of British Romantic literature. -James McKusick, The Wordsworth Circle

• Introduction; Chapter 1 The Boom, the Bust, and Neo-Luddites in the 1990s; Chapter 2 The Mythic History of The Original Luddites; Chapter 3 Romanticizing the Luddites; Chapter 4 Frankenstein and the Monster of Technology; Chapter 5 Novelizing the Luddites; Chapter 6 Counterculture and Countercomputer in the 1960s; Chapter 7 Ned Ludd in the Age of Terror;