The Making of the English Working Class by Ep Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class by Ep Thompson

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 class--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, the working class emerged as England's greatest cultural and political force. Crucial to contemporary trends in all aspects of society, at the turn of the nineteenth century, these workers united into the class that we recognize all across the Western world today. E.P. Thompson's magnum opus, The Making of the English Working Class defined early twentieth-century English social and economic history, leading many to consider him Britain's greatest postwar historian. Its publication in 1963 was highly controversial in academia, but the work has become one of the most influential social commentaries every written.

E.P. Thompson (1924-1993) was a leading historian and social critic in England. Customs in Common, Testimony Against the Beast, and Creating History (all published by The New Press), as well as The Formation of the English Working Class, are some of his works.

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ISBN 13	9780394703220
ISBN 10	0394703227
Title	The Making of the English Working Class
Author	Ep Thompson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1966-02-12
Number of pages	864
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