Editor’s note: This is our 5th in the series on the celebration and reflections on the anniversary of the University of Illinois Press.

We continue our commentaries about the important contributions and critical reviews of the remarkable Working Class in American History Series, which is celebrating.

The project was imbued with E. P Thompson’s vision of class as a historical relationship, and of course there was his iconic statement.

Thanks to the organizers and to the Newberry. I always listen carefully to and learn from Nelson, but I think he and I.

In the next two weeks, we’ll be publishing a series of commentaries about the important contributions and critical reviews of the remarkable Working.