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Making of the English Working Class Book

The Making of the English Working Class : Paperback : Random House USA Inc : 9780394703220 : 0394703227 : 01 Mar 1966 : A seminal text on the history of the working class by one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century.  During the formative years of the Industrial Revolution, English workers and artisans claimed a place in society that would shape the following centuries. But the capitalist elite did not form the working classâ??the workers shaped their own creations, developing a shared identity in the process. Despite their lack of power and the indignity forced upon them by the upper classes...Read More

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    "Thompson's book has been called controversial, but perhaps only because so many have forgotten how explosive England was during the Regency and the early reign of Victoria. Without any reservation, The Making of the English Working Class is the most important study of those days since the classic work of the Hammonds."--Commentary

    "Mr. Thompson's deeply human imagination and controlled passion help us to recapture the agonies, heroisms and illusions of the working class as it made itself. No one interested in the history of the English people should fail to read his book."--London Times Literary Supplement

  • 0394703227
  • 9780394703220
  • Edward P. Thompson, E. P. Thompson
  • 1 March 1966
  • Vintage Books USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 864
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