During the final decades of the 20th century, the reading of the works of E.P. Thompson was a necessary exercise for many historians. The object of these reflections, starting from the changes occurred in historiography, is to assert its force as a historian and to reiterate its status of “classic”.

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仍在阅读爱德华·P·汤普森

在 20 世纪的最后几十年，阅读 EP Thompson 的作品是许多历史学家的必要练习。这些反思的目的，是从史学的变化出发，彰显其作为历史学家的力量，重申其“经典”的地位。