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"Thompson's book has been called controversial, but perhaps only because so many have forgotten how explosive England was during the Regency and the early reign of Victoria. Without any reservation, The Making of the English Working Class is the most important study of those days since the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Cobbett: Add a description of this character.
- Oliver
- Carlile
- Thelwall
- Mr. Owen
- Pitt
- H.o.
- Wesley
- Cartwright
- Mayhew
- Brandreth
- Burdett
- Thistlewood
- Hammonds
- Wilkes
- Hazlitt
- Henson
- Dr. Watson
- Burke
- Wakefield
- Binns
- Oastler
- Blake
- Aspinall
- Hunt
- Bill
- Southey
- Preston
- Mitchell
- Baines
- Spence
- Ashton
- Wade
- Paull
- Tom Paine
- Hardy
- Sadler
- Bunyan
- Wooler
- Wyvill
- O'brien
- A. Briggs
- Halevy
- Gast
- Lovett
- Oldham
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- England
- Manchester
- Nottingham
- Sheffield
- Luddism
- Birmingham
- West Riding
- France
- Midlands
- Halifax
- Huddersfield
- Great Britain
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Lord Sidmouth
- Norwich
- Peterloo
- Owenism
- Ireland
- Spitalfields
- Stockport
- Bristol
- Barnsley
- Pentridge
- Chartism
- America
- Glasgow
- Scotland
- Bamford
- L.c.s.
- West Country
- Europe
- York
- Paris
- Bolton
- Rochdale
- Spen Valley
- Place
- Castlereagh
- Prince Regent
- Clapham
- Newcastle
- Dewsbury
- Edinburgh
- The Town Labourer
- Macclesfield
First Sentence edit
"THAT THE NUMBER of our Members be unlimited."
Series & Lists edit
This is book 30 of 39 in Modern Library's 100 Best Nonfiction Books: The Board's List. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Art and Illusion, and followed by The Souls of Black Folk.
This is book 70 of 100 in The hundred most influential books since the war. (community list)
Preceded by The Politics of Cultural Despair, and followed by The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edward P. Thompson (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 331.44
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