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The Making of the English Working Class
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in how the modern working class came to be during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in England. It offers detailed insight into the lives, struggles, and experiences of ordinary people during a time of significant social and economic change. If you're fascinated by history told from a grassroots perspective, you'll find this book both enlightening and engaging.
The Making of the English Working Class
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.
E. P. Thompson's revolutionary 1963 account of working-class life re-created the experiences, ideals, rituals and aspirations of those who had been forgotten by history.
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The Making of the English Working Class is the revolutionary account of working-class culture and ideals, reissued as a Penguin Modern Classic to mark the 50th anniversary of its publication.
This brilliant account of working-class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832, revolutionised 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, underwent degradation, and yet created a cultured and political consciousness of great vitality.
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E. P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class is celebrated for its passionate and intellectual approach, combining narrative flair with analytical depth. Critics admire its vivid portrayal of the neglected culture of working-class England, highlighting its significance both as a historical and political work. The book is praised for its readability and its moving depiction of self-taught culture amid social and intellectual challenges, solidifying Thompson's stature as a leading socialist historian.
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ISBN: 9780141976952
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 October 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 41.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 664g
Pages: 976
About the Author
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 social historians of his time. Thompson was also a leading figure in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He died in 1993.
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