Class, people and « the popular »: E.P. Thomson, R.C. Cobb: popular press and the awakening of working-class consciouness in Britain and France

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  • Michael Palmer
Keywords: Popular Press, class consciousness, Thompson, Cobb

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?

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Palmer, M. (2013). Class, people and « the popular »: E.P. Thomson, R.C. Cobb: popular press and the awakening of working-class consciouness in Britain and France. Historical Sociology, (3), 441–456. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/sh/article/view/189341
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Monográfico. 50 años de "La formación de la clase obrera en Inglaterra", de E. P. Thompson