The communist manifesto ; with, The condition of the working class in England in 1844 ; Socialism: utopian and scientific /
Condition of the working class in England in 1844 Socialism : utopian and scientific
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ; with an introduction by Laurence Marlow.
- Ware : Wordsworth Editions, 2008.
- xxxiii, 394 p. ; 20 cm.
- Wordsworth classics of world literature .
- Wordsworth classics of world literature .
The communist manifesto. Bourgeois and proletarians ; Proletarians and communists ; Socialist and communist literature ; Position of the communist in relation to the various existing opposition parties -- Condition of the working class in England in 1844. Preface ; Introduction ; The industrial proletariat ; The great towns ; Competition ; Irish immigration ; Results ; Single branches of industry. Factory hands ; The remaining branches of industry ; Labour movements ; The mining proletariat ; The agricultural proletariat ; The attitude of bourgeoisie towards the proletariat ; Engels's notes to the condition of the working class -- Socialism: utopian and scientific. Introduction to the 1892 English edition ; The development of utopian socialism ; The science of dialectics ; Historical materialism.
A spectre is haunting Europe (and the world). Not, in the twenty-first century, the spectre of communism, but the spectre of capitalism. Marx's prediction that the state would wither away of its own accord has proved inaccurate, and he did not foresee the tyrannies which have ruled large parts of the globe in his name. Indeed, he would have been appalled if he had witnessed them. But his analysis of the evils and dangers of raw capitalism is as correct now as when it was written, and some of his suggestions (progressive income tax, abolition of child labour, free education for all children) are now accepted with little question. In a world where capitalism is no longer held in check by fear of a communist alternative, The Communist Manifesto (with Socialism Utopian and Scientific, Engels's brief, clear exposition of Marxist thought) is essential reading. The Condition of the Working Class in England is Engels's first, and probably best-known, book. With Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, it was and is the outstanding study of the working class in Victorian England.
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Communism Working class--History--England--19th century