The Making of the English Working Class

E. P. ThompsonNonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1963

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Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Preface-Part 1, Chapter 4

Part 1, Chapter 5

Part 2, Chapters 6-9

Part 2, Chapters 10-12

Part 3, Chapters 13-14

Part 3, Chapter 15

Part 3, Chapter 16

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Essay Topics

How does Thompson define “class”? How does this definition influence his approach to researching and writing The Making of the English Working Class?

How did the English government’s prolonged counter-revolution (1795-1820) contribute to the formation of a working-class consciousness?

To what extent did the Industrial Revolution help make the English working class?