Publisher's Synopsis
This book, now available in paperback, considers the power of Marxist, materialistic explanation of change in England over the last three centuries by examining the experience of those who lived through this change. "Writing Marxist History" is about writing history - R.S. Neale believed the historian has a duty not only to be truthful but to be comprehensible and engaging. These essays illustrate this belief.;This work is aimed at students of social history and of Marxian historiography.