The Making of the English Working Class

The Making of the English Working Class
First paperback edition, featuring a detail from a 19th-century aquatint by R. D. Havell. In the background, John Blenkinsop's locomotive can be seen.
AuthorE. P. Thompson
LanguageEnglish
SubjectLabour history
Social history
PublisherVictor Gollancz Ltd
Vintage Books
Publication date
1963, 1968 (rev. ed.), 1980 (new preface)
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)
Pages848
ISBN0-14-013603-7
OCLC29894851

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]

  1. ^ Thompson, Edward Palmer (1991) [1963]. The Making of the English Working Class. Toronto: Penguin Books. p. 958. ISBN 9780140136036. OCLC 1229560634.
  2. ^ Thompson, Edward Palmer (1963). The Making of the English Working Class. London, UK: Victor Gollancz Ltd. p. 848. OCLC 1150606282.
  3. ^ Thompson, Edward Palmer (1968) [1963]. The Making of the English Working Class. Penguin Books. p. 848. OCLC 1110902252.
  4. ^ "100 Best Nonfiction", Modern Library, 1999