The moral economy reviewed - E. P. Thompson

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.

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Pt.1 Crowds, riots, early capitalism.pdf (15.76 MB)

Pt.2 Role of women in food riots.pdf (15.38 MB)

The moral economy of the English crowd in the eighteenth century - E. P. Thompson

E. P. Thompson's ground-breaking article on the English food riots of the 1700 and 1800s.

Theorizing Patriarchy - Silvia Walby

Theorizing patriarchy - Silvia Walby

Silvia Walby's 1990 book sets out a dual-systems approach to theorizing capitalism and patriarchy, synthesising Marxist and radical feminist…

On elder care work and the limits of Marxism - Silvia Federici

Text by Silvia Federici on elder care and its relationship with capitalism, feminism, and the left.

Customs in common - E. P. Thompson

Eighteenth-century Britain saw a profound distancing between the culture of the patricians and the plebs. E. P. Thompson explains why in this…