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Author | E. P. Thompson |
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Language | English |
Subject | Labour history Social history |
Publisher | Victor Gollancz Ltd Vintage Books |
Publication date | 1963, 1968 (rev. ed.), 1980 (new preface) |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
Pages | 848 |
ISBN | 0-14-013603-7 |
OCLC | 29894851 |
The Making of the English Working Class[1] is a work of English social history written by E. P. Thompson, a New Left historian. It was first published in 1963 by Victor Gollancz Ltd,[2] and republished in revised form in 1968 by Pelican,[3] after which it became an early Open University set book. It concentrates on English artisan and working-class society "in its formative years 1780 to 1832".
It was placed 30th in the Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction books of the 20th century.[4]