| The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Engels, Friedrich (Author), Wischnewetzky, Florence K. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1406525154 ISBN-13: 9781406525151 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $18.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The Condition of the Working Class is the best-known work of Engels, and in many ways still the best study of the working class in Victorian England. It was also Engels's first book, written during his stay in Manchester from 1842 to 1844. Manchester was then at the very heart of the Industrial Revolution and Engels compiled his study from his own observations and detailed contemporary reports. The fluency of his writing, the personal nature of his insights, and his talent for mordant satire combine to make this account of the life of the victims of early industrial change into a classic - a historical study that parallels and complements the fictional works of the time by such writers as Gaskell and Dickens. What Cobbett had done for agricultural poverty in his Rural Rides, Engels did - and more - in this work on the plight of the industrial workers in the England of the early 1840s. This edition includes the prefaces to the English and American editions, and a map of Manchester c.1845. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity - Political Science | Political Economy - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism |
| Dewey: 305.562 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 contains a detailed description and analysis of the appalling conditions of the working class in Britain and Ireland during Engels' stay in England. By the 19th-century German political philosopher, who developed communist theory alongside his better-known collaborator, Karl Marx, coauthoring Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848). Engels also edited the second and third volumes of Das Kapital after Marx's death. |