The English working class - Tom Nairn
Submitted by Red Marriott on Feb 14 2012 23:27
"The passage of the early English working class from revolt to political integration is often explained solely by Britain's ascendancy as the first major imperialist power. In this essay Nairn focuses upon the political culture which British workers inherited from the British bourgeois class and argues that this was a crucial element in its domestication. Taking as his starting point Edward Thompson's pioneering and influential work The Making of the English Working Class he seeks to demonstrate that 'history from below' must be complemented by a 'history from above'."
The Moral Economy Reviewed - E.P.Thompson
Submitted by plecil on May 7 2011 17:54
The follow-up article to E.P.Thompson's classic 'The Moral Economy of the English Crowd in the 18th Century' from the book: Customs in Common.
The making of the English working class - E.P. Thompson
E.P. Thompson's monumental study of the making of the English working class, and the development of its consciousness, during its formative years of 1780 to 1832.
The moral economy of the English crowd in the eighteenth century - E.P.Thompson
Submitted by tolern on Feb 22 2010 21:50
E.P.Thompson's ground-breaking article on the English food riots of the 1700 and 1800s.
Time, Work-Discipline and Industrial Capitalism - E. P. Thompson
Thompson brilliantly explores the changing relationship to time in class society, describing the change from 'time passed' to 'time spent'; the class struggle over the creation of "the new universe of disciplined time" in factory and school.
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