This collected volume explores the complex impact of E.P. Thompson’s monumental book, The Making of the English Working Class, both as an intellectual project and material object, relating it to the social and cultural history of the book form itself—an enduring artifact of English history.

Preface Antoinette Burton and Stephanie Fortado Introduction: Radical Book History: E. P. Thompson and The Making of the English Working Class Antoinette Burton Chapter 1. Making and Unmaking the Working Class: E. P. Thompson and the “New Labor History” in the United States James R. Barrett Chapter 2. History from Down Under: E. P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class and Australia Ann Curthoys Chapter 3. The Ecology of Class: Revolution, Weaponized Nature, and the Making of Campesino Consciousness Christopher R. Boyer Chapter 4. Worst Conceivable Form: Race, Global Capital, and The Making of the English Working Class Zach Sell Chapter 5. Race, Antiracism, and the Place of Blackness in the Making and Remaking of the English Working Class Caroline Bressey Chapter 6. E. P. Thompson and the Kitchen Sink or Feeling from Below, c. 1963 Lara Kriegel Chapter 7. South African Remains: E. P. Thompson, Biko, and the Limits of The Making of the English Working Class Isabel Hofmeyr Chapter 8. Talking History: E. P. Thompson, C. L. R. James, and the Afterlives of Internationalism Utathya Chattopadhyaya