The Condition of the Working Class in England
Engels, Friedrich
ISBN 10: 0804706344 ISBN 13: 9780804706346
Published by Stanford Univ Pr (edition ), 1968
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This forceful polemic explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England. Engels paints an unforgettable picture of daily life in the new industrial towns, and for miners and agricultural workers in a savage indictment of the greed of the bourgeoisie. His later preface, written for the first English edition of 1892 and included here, brought the story up-to-date in the light of forty years' further reflection.
From the Back Cover: Frederick Engels (1820-1895), the son of a wealthy German textile manufacturer, moved in 1842 to England to take a position in a factory near Manchester partially owned by his father. Engels met Karl Marx in 1844 and began a lifelong association with him. The two are considered to be the founders of modern communism. The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845; English translation 1847) is one of the classic texts of Marxist thought, standing besides such other of Engels' works as Socialism: Utopian and Scientific and The Dialectic of Nature. It is a vitally important political, social and historical document.
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Title: The Condition of the Working Class in England
Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr (edition )
Publication Date: 1968
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair