Ewan Gibbs
@ewangibbs
Historian of energy, industry, work and protest. Author of Coal Country. Now writing The Unmaking of the British Working Class. Not always entirely serious.
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The evolution of industrial capitalism has successively empowered and disempowered the handloom weaver, the coal miner and the wind turbine engineer. I’ve written for The Break Down on how class struggles have moulded past and present energy transitions. break-down.org/post/james-wat…