The Making of the English Working Class, (Paperback)

from the.ken.petersen

You know how sometimes, reading a book changes one's view of life? Perhaps, it would be more accurate to say that it alters one's perspective. Whichever, this is one of those books. The period covered by our tale is largely from 1792 to 1832. A brief overview as to the lie of the land and how we ...

from DLPatterson

I remain haunted by the handloom weavers. Explains why Methodism, the religion in which I was raised, is a religion of the oppressors. (Aren't the all?) Down with John Wesley!

from j_wendel_cox

The most important work of history in the English language in the twentieth century.

from rivkat

Like a fair amount of academic history, especially older academic history, assumes you know an awful lot going in (e.g., what was the event known as Peterloo?). But a lot of interesting details about the lifeways of the English working class, with emphasis on how what we know is limited because m...

from the.ken.petersen

You know how sometimes, reading a book changes one's view of life? Perhaps, it would be more accurate to say that it alters one's perspective. Whichever, this is one of those books. The period covered by our tale is largely from 1792 to 1832. A brief overview as to the lie of the land and how we ...