Edward Palmer Thompson (1924-1993) was one of the most influential historians of his generation, writing in the Marxist tradition and acclaimed as the innovator of 'history from below'. Edited by his wife and fellow historian, Dorothy Thompson, this volume comprises extracts representing the full range of Thompson's historical work, from The Making of the English Working Class (1963) and William Morris: Romantic to Revolutionary (1955) to The Poverty of Theory (1978) and Customs in Common (1991).