Customs in Common - Softcover

Thompson, E P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850366976 ISBN 13: 9780850366976

Publisher: Merlin Press, 2009

Synopsis

Customs in Common is the remarkable companion to E. P. Thompson's landmark volume of social history The Making of the English Working Class. The product of years of research and debate, Customs in Common describes the complex culture from which working-class institutions emerged in England--a panoply of traditions and customs that the new working class fought to preserve well into Victorian times.

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About the Author

E.P. Thompson (1924 1993)was one of England's foremost historians and social critics. He was the author of many books, including The Making of the English Working Class and Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law, published by The New Press.

Review

"meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane." New York Times Book Review "This book signals the return to historical writing of one of the most eloquent, powerful and independent voices of our time. At his best he is capable of a passionate, sardonic eloquence which is quite unequalled." The Observer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Merlin Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0850366976
• ISBN 13: 9780850366976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 547