James Fisher

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Historian of work, knowledge and capitalism (C16-18th) | Lecturer at Uni of Exeter | Author of THE ENCLOSURE OF KNOWLEDGE (CUP, 2022)

a "cross" to mark the name of Ann Cross, in lieu of a signature

Front cover for book titled 'Captured Consent: Contract Labor in English Charity, Colonization, and War, 1600–1700' by Sonia Tycko, with an image of an indenture

Front cover of book: title Farm Accounts in Rural Europe c.1700-1914

Painting by Gainsborough, 1778: Hilly landscape with peasant family at a Cottage Door, Children playing and Woodcutter returning

An 1876 illustration of children working in a British textile factory

Screenshot of introductory paragraph to journal article 'Bound to the Soil Part II', which tells the story of 7-year-old Rebecca Hayman bound into a complex local labour system.

Magazine article double spread, title "The enclosure of common land in Britain"

Screenshot of text: The only conclusion I could arrive at is that it is an application for businesses and individuals whose job it is to produce lengthy, seemingly accurate reports that no one will actually read. Anyone whose role includes the kind of research destined to end up in a PowerPoint. It is designed to produce the appearance of research, without any actual research happening along the way.

Screenshot of youtube video on Luddites showing obscene AI generated muscular man

Five screenshots of Youtube Shorts, showing AI videos on the history of the Luddites

A Blinkist advert from Twitter with caption 'Billionaires Read As Many As 50 Books Per Year: Here's How', with an image of a white man with glasses, wearing black polo neck.