The making of the English working class / E. P. Thompson

First published by Victor Gollancz 1963. Published with revisions in Pelican books 1968. Reprinted with new preface 1980. Reprinted in Penguin books 1991

Includes bibliographical references and index

A book that revolutionised our understanding of English social history. E. P. Thompson shows how the English working class emerged through the degradations of the industrial revolution to create a culture and political consciousness of enormous vitality