MixedThe New RepublicA blend of pacy narrative history and contemporary reportage, Blood in the Machine sees a fresh relevance in the struggles of these misunderstood rebels ... Occasionally, though, Merchant’s chatty pop-sci style becomes distracting ... Merchant hunts optimistically through the culture for evidence Luddism is on the comeback—and keeps being disappointed.
Christopher Clark
RaveThe New RepublicAuthoritative ... Revolutionary Spring rescues that crucial moment when possibility was cracked open; Clark also looks unflinchingly at the methods used to weld that crack shut ... It’s difficult not to be roused by Clark’s stylish narrative of this intoxicating opening phase.
