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Book SynopsisA companion volume to The Making of The English Working Class, extending the studies there to include the examination of plebeian culture, working class consciousness, and industrial life.
Trade Review"meticulously researched, elegantly argued and deeply humane." New York Times Book Review "This book signals the return to historical writing of one of the most eloquent, powerful and independent voices of our time. At his best he is capable of a passionate, sardonic eloquence which is quite unequalled." The Observer.
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; The Patrician and the Plebs; Custom, Law and Common Right; The Moral Economy of the English Crowd in the 18th Century; Time, Work discipline and Industrial Capitalism; The Sale of Wives; Rough Music; index
