This huge book was also a huge success when it came out. There was a time when it was a common sight on buses and trains, and every bookshop in Britain had it in stock. In the seventies and eighties it seemed perfectly obvious that everyone was interested in the working class so a long and detailed history of it was a very logical proposition. Read more at the new home of the blog http://historybooksreview.co.uk/the-making-of-the-english-working-classes-by-e-p-thompson/
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