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Thompson</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title" style="font-size:125%; font-style:italic; padding-bottom:0.2em;">The Making of the English Working Class <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class&rft.author=%5B%5BE.+P.+Thompson%5D%5D&rft.date=1963%2C+1968+%28rev.+ed.%29%2C+1980+%28new+preface%29&rft.pub=%5B%5BVictor+Gollancz+Ltd%5D%5D%3Cbr%3E%5B%5BVintage+Books%5D%5D&rft.place=United+Kingdom&rft.pages=848&rft_id=info:oclcnum/29894851"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Making_of_the_English_Working_Class.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fa/The_Making_of_the_English_Working_Class.gif/150px-The_Making_of_the_English_Working_Class.gif" decoding="async" width="150" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/The_Making_of_the_English_Working_Class.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="207" data-file-height="350" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">First paperback edition, <a href="/wiki/File:The_collier.jpeg" title="File:The collier.jpeg">featuring a detail</a> from a 19th-century <a href="/wiki/Aquatint" title="Aquatint">aquatint</a> by R. D. Havell. In the background, <a href="/wiki/John_Blenkinsop" title="John Blenkinsop">John Blenkinsop</a>'s locomotive can be seen.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/E._P._Thompson" title="E. P. Thompson">E. P. Thompson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Labor_history_(discipline)" class="mw-redirect" title="Labor history (discipline)">Labour history</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Social_history" title="Social history">Social history</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Gollancz_Ltd" title="Victor Gollancz Ltd">Victor Gollancz Ltd</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Vintage_Books" title="Vintage Books">Vintage Books</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1963, 1968 (rev. ed.), 1980 (new preface)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (<a href="/wiki/Hardcover" title="Hardcover">hardcover</a> & <a href="/wiki/Paperback" title="Paperback">paperback</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">848</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-013603-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-14-013603-7">0-14-013603-7</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)"><abbr title="Online Computer Library Center number">OCLC</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29894851">29894851</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Making of the English Working Class</b></i><sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1991_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_1963_1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a work of English <a href="/wiki/Social_history" title="Social history">social history</a> written by <a href="/wiki/E._P._Thompson" title="E. P. Thompson">E. P. Thompson</a>, a <a href="/wiki/New_Left" title="New Left">New Left</a> historian. It was first published in 1963 by <a href="/wiki/Victor_Gollancz_Ltd" title="Victor Gollancz Ltd">Victor Gollancz Ltd</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1963_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_1963-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and republished in revised form in 1968 by Pelican,<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1968_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_1963_1968-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after which it became an early <a href="/wiki/Open_University" title="Open University">Open University</a> set book. It concentrates on English <a href="/wiki/Artisan" title="Artisan">artisan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Working-class" class="mw-redirect" title="Working-class">working-class</a> society "in its formative years 1780 to 1832". </p><p>It was placed 30th in the <a href="/wiki/Modern_Library_100_Best_Nonfiction" title="Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction">Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction</a> books of the 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Making_of_the_English_Working_Class&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Its tone is captured by the oft-quoted line from the preface: "I am seeking to rescue the poor stockinger, the <a href="/wiki/Luddite" title="Luddite">Luddite</a> cropper, the "obsolete" hand-loom weaver, the "utopian" artisan, and even the deluded follower of <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Southcott" title="Joanna Southcott">Joanna Southcott</a>, from the enormous condescension of posterity."<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1980_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_1963_1980-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 12">: 12 </span></sup> </p><p>Thompson attempts to add a <a href="/wiki/Humanism" title="Humanism">humanist</a> element to social history, being critical of those who turn the people of the working class into an inhuman statistical bloc. Those people were not just the victims of history, and Thompson displays them as being in control of their own making: "The working class made itself as much as it was made." He also discusses the popular movements that are often forgotten in history, such as obscure <a href="/wiki/Jacobin_(politics)" title="Jacobin (politics)">Jacobin</a> societies like the <a href="/wiki/London_Corresponding_Society" title="London Corresponding Society">London Corresponding Society</a>. Thompson makes great effort to recreate the life experience of the working class, which is what often marks the work out as so influential. </p><p>Thompson uses the term "working class", rather than "classes", throughout the book to emphasize the growth of a working-class consciousness. He claims in the Preface that "in the years between 1780 and 1832 most English working people came to feel an identity of interests as between themselves, and as against other men whose interests are different from (and usually opposed to) theirs".<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1980_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_1963_1980-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 11">: 11 </span></sup> This change in consciousness is exemplified in Thompson's 1975 book on the 1723 <a href="/wiki/Black_Act_1723" title="Black Act 1723">Waltham Black Act</a>. The Black act was a newly imposed forestry law and legislation in Great Britain, that changed the way "the King's forests" had been managed traditionally,<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1975_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_1975-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thompson cited the Waltham forest, north of round London, as an example of rising tensions between local hunters, "farmers, cottagers and other foresters" and the Whigs.<sup id="cite_ref-History_Prall_1976_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_Prall_1976-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Traditionally these farmers and others had some rights and privileges to grow crops on small holdings but it was illegal for them to kill or harm "the King's deer" for profit, food, or even to protect their crops from the deer.<sup id="cite_ref-History_Prall_1976_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_Prall_1976-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tensions escalated as 18th century <a href="/wiki/Nouveau_riche" title="Nouveau riche">nouveau riche</a> who held new leases in Waltham began to violate the traditional rights of the local population by enclosing their ever expanding estates and surrounding gardens with fences.<sup id="cite_ref-History_Prall_1976_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_Prall_1976-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, under the leadership of a <a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood" title="Robin Hood">Robin Hood</a>-like figure, a small group of local people began to respond to each act by the Whigs that hurt or dispossessed the local people, by killing a deer, burning a barn, etc. Although they were not, strictly speaking, poachers, they also blackened their faces to be invisible at night. They became known as the Blacks. The 1723 Black Act was a long and detailed list of new crimes for which the local people could be legally punished. Thompson decried this inequity and detailed the widespread corruption that enabled the passage of the bill, specifically the role of "<a href="/wiki/Robert_Walpole" title="Robert Walpole">Robert Walpole</a> and the Whig administration in the passing and implementation of the Act".<sup id="cite_ref-History_Prall_1976_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_Prall_1976-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thompson's re-evaluation of the <a href="/wiki/Luddite" title="Luddite">Luddite</a> movement and his unsympathetic treatment of the influence of the early <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> movement on working-class aspirations are also particularly memorable. (Thompson's parents were Methodist missionaries.) </p><p>Thompson's theories on working-class consciousness are at the core of his work, and the working class's agency was manifested by its core values of solidarity, collectivism, mutuality, political radicalism and Methodism. Thompson wished to disassociate <a href="/wiki/Marxism" title="Marxism">Marxism</a> from <a href="/wiki/Stalinism" title="Stalinism">Stalinism</a> and his injection of humanistic principles in the book was his way of steering the <a href="/wiki/Left-wing_politics" title="Left-wing politics">left</a> towards <a href="/wiki/Democratic_socialism" title="Democratic socialism">democratic socialism</a>, as opposed to <a href="/wiki/Totalitarianism" title="Totalitarianism">totalitarianism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1991_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_1963_1991-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Making_of_the_English_Working_Class&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Pollard" title="Sidney Pollard">Sidney Pollard</a> called the book "without a doubt, a landmark in English historiography".<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_1971_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison_1971-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 574">: 574 </span></sup> <a href="/wiki/Robert_K._Webb" title="Robert K. Webb">Robert K. Webb</a> called it "both very important and extremely exasperating".<sup id="cite_ref-Harrison_1971_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Harrison_1971-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 574">: 574 </span></sup> <a href="/wiki/David_Eastwood" title="David Eastwood">David Eastwood</a> argued that it "transformed the study of labour, class and political radicalism in Britain and America and is incontestably the single most influential work of history of the post-war period".<sup id="cite_ref-History_Eastwood_200010_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History_Eastwood_200010-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 65">: 65 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Best" title="Geoffrey Best">Geoffrey Best</a> called it a "valuable and exciting book" but noted Thompson's neglect of the "flag-saluting, foreigner-hating, peer-respecting side of the plebeian mind" and asked, "How large a portion of 'the working class' did those 'artisans' form from whom so much of his evidence necessarily comes, and of how many hundreds of thousands of lower-class folk do we remain so much more ignorant that we cannot speak as confidently about them?"<sup id="cite_ref-Best_1965_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Best_1965-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 278">: 278 </span></sup> </p><p>In April 2020, <i><a href="/wiki/Jacobin_(magazine)" title="Jacobin (magazine)">Jacobin</a></i> magazine launched a podcast series, <i>Casualties of History</i>, focusing on the book.<sup id="cite_ref-jacobinmag_20200414_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jacobinmag_20200414-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2023, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_3" title="BBC Radio 3">BBC Radio 3</a> issued five episodes of its series <i>The Essay</i> "reflecting on the legacy, ideas and personal inspiration of The Making of the English Working Class" to mark sixty years since its first publication. <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Making_of_the_English_Working_Class&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Thompson_1963_1991-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1991_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1991_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson1991" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, Edward Palmer (1991) [1963]. <i>The Making of the English Working Class</i>. Toronto: Penguin Books. p. 958. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780140136036" title="Special:BookSources/9780140136036"><bdi>9780140136036</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1229560634">1229560634</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class&rft.place=Toronto&rft.pages=958&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=1991&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1229560634&rft.isbn=9780140136036&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=Edward+Palmer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Thompson_1963-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Thompson_1963_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson1963" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, Edward Palmer (1963). <i>The Making of the English Working Class</i>. London, UK: <a href="/wiki/Victor_Gollancz_Ltd" title="Victor Gollancz Ltd">Victor Gollancz Ltd</a>. p. 848. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1150606282">1150606282</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class&rft.place=London%2C+UK&rft.pages=848&rft.pub=Victor+Gollancz+Ltd&rft.date=1963&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1150606282&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=Edward+Palmer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Thompson_1963_1968-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1968_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson1968" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, Edward Palmer (1968) [1963]. <i>The Making of the English Working Class</i>. Penguin Books. p. 848. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1110902252">1110902252</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class&rft.pages=848&rft.pub=Penguin+Books&rft.date=1968&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1110902252&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=Edward+Palmer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/100bestnonfiction.html">"100 Best Nonfiction"</a>, <i>Modern Library</i>, 1999</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Modern+Library&rft.atitle=100+Best+Nonfiction&rft.date=1999&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randomhouse.com%2Fmodernlibrary%2F100bestnonfiction.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Thompson_1963_1980-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1980_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Thompson_1963_1980_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson1980" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, Edward Palmer (1980) [1963]. <i>The Making of the English Working Class</i>. Toronto: Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 958. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780140210002" title="Special:BookSources/9780140210002"><bdi>9780140210002</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/874733037">874733037</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class&rft.place=Toronto&rft.pages=958&rft.pub=Harmondsworth%3A+Penguin&rft.date=1980&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F874733037&rft.isbn=9780140210002&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=Edward+Palmer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Making+of+the+English+Working+Class" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Thompson_1975-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Thompson_1975_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompsonGreat_Britain1975" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, E. P; Great Britain (1975). <i>Whigs and hunters: the origin of the Black act</i>. 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Hartwell, "The Making of the English Working Class?", <i><a href="/wiki/The_Economic_History_Review" title="The Economic History Review">The Economic History Review</a></i>, New Series, Vol. 18, No. 3 (1965), pp. 633–643.</li> <li>F. K. Donnelly, "Ideology and Early English Working-Class History: Edward Thompson and His Critics", <i><a href="/wiki/Social_History_(journal)" title="Social History (journal)">Social History</a></i>, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1976), pp. 219–238.</li> <li>David Eastwood, "E. P. 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