num_pages: 960
description: E. P. Thompson was born in 1924 and read history at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, graduating in 1946. An academic, writer and acclaimed historian, his first major work was a biography of William Morris. The Making of the English Working Class was instantly recognized as a classic on its publication in 1963 and secured his position as one of the leading social historians of his time. Thompson was also an active campaigner and key figure in the ending of the Cold War. He died in 1993, survived by his wife and two sons.
language: English
title: The Making of the English Working Class
titlecomplete: The Making of the English Working Class
genres: Theory, Politics, Labor, British Literature, European History, Nonfiction, Economics, Sociology, Class, History
ratings_count: 3432
places: England
publisher: Pelican Books