The making of the English working class
by Thompson, E. P., (Edward Palmer)
fromVintage giant
by Thompson, E. P., (Edward Palmer)
fromVintage giant
An account of artisan and working-class society in England in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. Gives controversial assessments of the popular traditions of the eighteenth century, the cost-of-living controversy, the role of Methodism and the genesis of parliamentary reform.
by Thompson, E. P., (Edward Palmer)
fromPenguin history
by Thompson, E. P., (Edward Palmer)
fromPelican Books
by Thompson, E. P., (Edward Palmer)
fromPelican book
An account of artisan and working-class society in England in its formative years, 1780 to 1832. Gives controversial assessments of the popular traditions of the eighteenth century, the cost-of-living controversy, the role of Methodism and the genesis of parliamentary reform.
In this account of the formative years of working-class society in England, E.P. Thompson shows how the working-class took part in its own making and recreates the whole life experience of people who created a culture of great vitality.