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The Making of the English Working Class
E. P. Thompson
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Description for The Making of the English Working Class
Paperback. Offers an account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. This English social history shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, and who underwent degradation. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 43. Weight in Grams: 656.
Fifty years since first publication, E. P. Thompson's revolutionary account of working-class culture and ideals is published in Penguin Modern Classics, with a new introduction by historian Michael Kenny
This classic and imaginative account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832, revolutionized our understanding of English social history. E. P. Thompson shows how the working class took part in its own making and re-creates the whole-life experience of people who suffered loss of status and freedom, who underwent degradation, and who yet created a cultured and political consciousness of great vitality.
Reviews:
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Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Number of Pages
976
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141976952
SKU
9780141976952
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About E. P. Thompson
E. P. Thompson was born in 1924 and read history at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, graduating in 1946. An academic, writer and acclaimed historian, his first major work was a biography of William Morris. The Making of the English Working Class was instantly recognized as a classic on its publication in 1963 and secured his position as one of the leading ... Read more
Reviews for The Making of the English Working Class
Thompson's work combines passion and intellect, the gifts of the poet, the narrator and the analyst
Eric Hobsbawm
Independent
A dazzling vindication of the lives and aspirations of the then - and now once again - neglected culture of working-class England
Martin Kettle
Observer
Superbly readable . . . a moving account of the ... Read more
Eric Hobsbawm
Independent
A dazzling vindication of the lives and aspirations of the then - and now once again - neglected culture of working-class England
Martin Kettle
Observer
Superbly readable . . . a moving account of the ... Read more