advanced by the British Marxist Historians from 1940s. The Making, published six years earlier and Captain Swing spearheaded the new history from below and social history. Yet the differences within the approaches of Thompson and Hobsbawm, are so stark that bringing them together only serves to demonstrate the diverse nature of Marxist historiography. Thompson represents a shift away from traditional Marxist interpretations and represents a historiographical tradition. He argues that class difference was not the result of economic distinctions that separated individuals, rather part of human experience. Rather than focusing on structure as being the key driver of historical change, Thompson believes people themselves can be as well. His approach still possesses Marxian-like tendencies in terms of its analysis but the focus is on the historical process. ‘Class happens,’ Thompson posited, ‘when some men, as a result of common experience (inherited or shared) feel and articulate the identity of their interests as between themselves, and as against other men whose interests are different from (and usually opposed to) theirs.’ The Making is a ‘history of ideas than of experiences,’ focusing on class-consciousness rather than real life experiences of gender for example. It does not rescue all parts of the process. He fails to satisfactorily understand gender as a constituent feature of class formation. Gender blindness is glaringly apparent in Thompson’s work, albeit touched on briefly but it is in a disjointed nature. Overall the structure of the narrative seeks to place emphasis on the role of men. Catherine Hall posits:>