The Making of the English Working ClassThe Making of the English Working Class is the revolutionary account of working class culture and ideals, reissued as a Penguin Modern Classic to mark the 50th anniversary of its publication. This brilliant account of working class society in its formative years, 1780 to 1832, revolutionised our understanding of English social history. E. P. Thompson shows how the working class took part in its own making and re creates the whole life experience of