- History, Labor, Labor and laboring classes, Social conditions
Thompson turned history on its head by focusing on the political agency of the people, whom historians had treated as anonymous masses.
HistoryLaborLabor and laboring classesSocial conditionsWorking classArbeiterklasseWorking class, political activityWorking class, great britainGreat britain, social conditionsGreat britain, politics and government, 18th centuryGreat britain, economic conditions, 19th centuryGreat britain, politics and government, 19th century
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemplative and epic.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- First published
- 1963
- Pages
- 850
- Publisher
- V. Gollancz, Penguin Books, Limited, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- Editions
- 30
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141976952
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Subjects
- History
- Labor
- Labor and laboring classes
- Social conditions
- Working class
- Arbeiterklasse
- Working class, political activity
- Working class, great britain
- Great britain, social conditions
- Great britain, politics and government, 18th century
- Great britain, economic conditions, 19th century
- Great britain, politics and government, 19th century
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