Thompson, Edward Palmer (1924–1993)
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A leading figure in post-war British social history, Thompson's advocacy of a history from below, as well as less determinist view of class than adopted hitherto by orthodox Marxists, had a big influence on the development of the discipline.
- Forenames:
- Edward Palmer
- Surname:
- Thompson
- Dates:
- 1924–1993
- Institutions:
- Communist Party Historians Group (now the Socialist History Society)
European Nuclear Disarmament
New Left Review
University of Leeds (Extra-Mural Department)
University of Warwick (Centre for the Study of Social History) - Influences:
- Torr, Dona
- Contemporaries:
- Barraclough, Geoffrey
Finley, Moses
Hall, Stuart
Hill, Christopher
Hobsbawm, Eric J.
Saville, John
Thomas, Keith
Thompson, Dorothy
Williams, Raymond - Influenced:
- Genovese, Eugene
Gutman, Herbert
Montgomery, David
Prothero, Iowerth
Stedman Jones, Gareth - Themes:
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Economic history
History from below
Labour history
Marxist history
Social history - Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Interviews with Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy
- Obituaries:
- New York Times
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- E. P. Thompson, The Making of the English Working Class (1963)
- E. P. Thompson, The Poverty of Theory and Other Essays (London, 1978)
Other reading
- Christopher Kent, 'Victorian social history: post-Thompson, post-Foucault, postmodern', Victorian Studies, 40, 1 (1996), 97–133
- 'Anthony Fletcher, '''englandpast.net": a framework for the social history of England', Historical Research, 75 (2002), 296–315
- Edwin A. Roberts, 'From the history of science to the science of history: scientists and historians in the shaping of British Marxist theory', Science and Society, 69, 4 (2005), 529–58
