The Making of the English Working Class

The Making of the English Working Class

First paperback edition, featuring a detail from a 19th-century aquatint by R. D. Havell. In the background, John Blenkinsop's locomotive can be seen.
Author	E. P. Thompson
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Subject	Labour history Social history
Publisher	Victor Gollancz Ltd Vintage Books
Publication date	1963, 1968 (rev. ed.), 1980 (new preface)
Media type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages	848
ISBN	0-14-013603-7
OCLC	29894851

The Making of the English Working Class^[1] is a work of English social history written by E. P. Thompson, a New Left historian. It was first published in 1963 by Victor Gollancz Ltd,^[2] and republished in revised form in 1968 by Pelican,^[3] after which it became an early Open University set book. It concentrates on English artisan and working-class society "in its formative years 1780 to 1832".

It was placed 30th in the Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction books of the 20th century.^[4]