British Labour & Political History 4 Book Set: Thompson, Powell, Miners' Strike

by E. P. Thompson, Paul Foot, Seumas Milne, Alan Johnson

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British Labour, Working-Class & Political History – 4 Book Collection An interesting and wide-ranging collection of four books examining British working-class history, labour movements, trade unionism and political conflict, spanning the emergence of the English working class during the Industrial Revolution through to the political and industrial struggles of twentieth-century Britain. The collection brings together the major social historian E. P. Thompson, investigative political writers Paul Foot and Seumas Milne, and former Labour politician and trade unionist Alan Johnson. Together, the books provide very different perspectives on British society: academic social history, contemporary political analysis, investigative journalism and personal working-class memoir. Books included: 1. E. P. Thompson – The Making of the English Working Class Pelican Books / Penguin Books – 1984 reprint One of the most influential works of modern British social history. Originally published in 1963, Thompson's landmark study examines the emergence and development of the English working class during the transformative period from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. Rather than presenting industrialisation purely through institutions, economics and political leaders, Thompson places working people and their experiences at the centre of the story. He examines popular radicalism, religious and political movements, changing working conditions, industrialisation, protest and the g

• Publisher: Penguin Books; Pelican Books; Pan Books; Corgi
• Condition: Good

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