Class, people and "the popular" in E. P. Thomson and R. C. CobbPopular press and the awakening of working-class consciouness in Britain and France
- Palmer, Michael
- Muñoz Clares, Bibiana trad.
ISSN: 2255-3851
Year of publication: 2013
Issue Title: 50 años de "La formación de la clase obrera en Inglaterra" de E. P. Thompson
Issue: 3
Pages: 427-456
Type: Article
More publications in: Sociología Histórica: Revista de investigación acerca de la dimensión histórica de los fenómenos sociales
Abstract
This essay tackles questions raised by a joint-reading of two major English historians of the 20th century, Thompson and Cobb, both of whom had links with communist historians and activists, and by my own research into French and British workers in France at the beginning of the industrial revolution. How does the study of "the popular press" benefit from their insights?