The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844: Frederick Engels - Softcover

Engels, Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1986518604 ISBN 13: 9781986518604

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

The history of the proletariat in England begins with the second half of the last century, with the invention of the steam-engine and of machinery for working cotton. These inventions gave rise, as is well known, to an industrial revolution, a revolution which altered the whole civil society; one, the historical importance of which is only now beginning to be recognised. England is the classic soil of this transformation, which was all the mightier, the more silently it proceeded; and England is, therefore, the classic land of its chief product also, the proletariat. Only in England can the proletariat be studied in all its relations and from all sides. We have not, here and now, to deal with the history of this revolution, nor with its vast importance for the present and the future. Such a delineation must be reserved for a future, more comprehensive work. For the moment, we must limit ourselves to the little that is necessary for understanding the facts that follow, for comprehending the present state of the English proletariat.

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Frederick Engels

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1986518604
• ISBN 13: 9781986518604
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156