The Making of the English Working Class (A Vintage Giant)

Thompson, E. P.

ISBN 10: 0394703227 / ISBN 13: 9780394703220

Published by Vintage Books, U.S.A., 1966

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NF. Numbering sequence denotes 1st Printing of the stated 1st Edition (thus) of the Vintage Soft Cover, and includes the preface to the 1963 Pantheon original. Book is straight, square, tightly and evenly bound and free of markings, blemishes and creasing along gutter, hinges or spine. Cover is clean and bright, with sharp corners and joints, straight head, tail, spine, hinges and edges, and boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct design and illustration. (Please see Seller images.) ISBN 0394703227. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. PLEASE CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING for additional information, details or photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Making of the English Working Class (A Vintage Giant)
• Publisher: Vintage Books, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1966
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394703227
• ISBN 13: 9780394703220
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 2 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.