The re-making of the English working class?
@article{Steinberg1991TheRO, title={The re-making of the English working class?}, author={Marc W. Steinberg}, journal={Theory and Society}, year={1991}, volume={20}, pages={173-197} }
ConclusionMore than twenty-five years after its publication The Making of the English Working Class remains a landmark work in English history and the study of class formation. Thompson's formulation and application of agency and experience in understanding the process of class formation have altered the ways historians and social scientists approach the study of class. From its inception The Making has been a lightening rod for criticism, some of it piquant and politically charged. In the…
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