"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
CONTENTS
Part One: The Liberty Tree 1. Members Unlimited 2. Christian and Apollyon 3. "Satan's Strongholds" 4. The Free-born Englishman 5. Planting the Liberty Tree
Part Two: The Curse of Adam 6. Exploitation 7. The Field Labourers 8. Artisans and Others 9. The Weavers 10. Standards and Experiences Goods Homes Life Childhood 11. The Transforming Power of the Cross Moral Machinery The Chiliasm of Despair 12. Community Leisure and Personal Relations The Rituals of Mutuality The Irish Myriads of Eternity
Part Three: The Working-Class Presence 13. Radical Westminster 14. An Army of Redressers The Black Lamp The Opaque Society The Laws Against Combination Croppers and Stockingers Sherwood Lads By Order of the Trade 15. Demagogues and Martyrs Disaffection Problems of Leadership Hampden Clubs Brandreth and Oliver Peterloo The Cato Street Conspiracy 16. Class Consciousness The Radical Culture William Cobbett Carlile, Wade and Gast Owensim "A Sort of Machine"
E.P. (Edward Palmer) Thompson was born in England in 1924 and graduated from Cambridge in 1946 with a degree in history. The Making of the English Working Class was instantly recognized as a classic upon its publication in 1963 and secured his position as one of the most influential historians of the twentieth century. Thompson was also a fervent activist and a key figure in the ending of the Cold War. He died in 1993.
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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
CONTENTS
Part One: The Liberty Tree 1. Members Unlimited 2. Christian and Apollyon 3. "Satan's Strongholds" 4. The Free-born Englishman 5. Planting the Liberty Tree
Part Two: The Curse of Adam 6. Exploitation 7. The Field Labourers 8. Artisans and Others 9. The Weavers 10. Standards and Experiences Goods Homes Life Childhood 11. The Transforming Power of the Cross Moral Machinery The Chiliasm of Despair 12. Community Leisure and Personal Relations The Rituals of Mutuality The Irish Myriads of Eternity
Part Three: The Working-Class Presence 13. Radical Westminster 14. An Army of Redressers The Black Lamp The Opaque Society The Laws Against Combination Croppers and Stockingers Sherwood Lads By Order of the Trade 15. Demagogues and Martyrs Disaffection Problems of Leadership Hampden Clubs Brandreth and Oliver Peterloo The Cato Street Conspiracy 16. Class Consciousness The Radical Culture William Cobbett Carlile, Wade and Gast Owensim "A Sort of Machine"
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E.P. (Edward Palmer) Thompson was born in England in 1924 and graduated from Cambridge in 1946 with a degree in history. The Making of the English Working Class was instantly recognized as a classic upon its publication in 1963 and secured his position as one of the most influential historians of the twentieth century. Thompson was also a fervent activist and a key figure in the ending of the Cold War. He died in 1993.
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