The Communist Manifesto
$26.45
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2014
Summary
The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is a revolutionary summons to the working classes that changed the face of the twentieth century.
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today, this edition of The Communist Manifesto is edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones. Marx and Engels’s revolutionary summons to the working classes is one of the most important political theories ever formulated. After four years of collaboration, they produce…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141395906 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141395907 |
| Author: | Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Gareth Stedman Jones |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 366g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 110mm x 175mm |
| Series: | Penguin Pocket Hardbacks |
Friedrich Engels
Karl Marx was born in Trier, Germany and studied law at Bonn and Berlin. In 1848, with Freidrich Engels, he finalized The Communist Manifesto. He settled in London, where he studied economics and wrote the first volume of his major work, Das Kapital (1867, two further volumes were added in 1884 and 1894). He is buried in Highgate Cemetery, London.
Friedrich Engels was born in Barmen, Germany. From 1842 he lived mostly in England.
Gareth Stedman Jones is Professor of Political Science in the History Faculty of Cambridge University and a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. He is also a Director of the Centre of History and Economics at Cambridge. His publications include Outcast London and Languages of Class.
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