Research Catalog

Title

The Communist manifesto : a road map to history's most important political document / Karl Marx and Frederick Engels ; edited by Phil Gasper.

Author

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Publication

Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books, 2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895
• Gasper, Philip.

Description

221 pages; 19 cm

Summary

"Here, at last, is an authoritative introduction to history's most important political document, with the full text of The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels." "This organized and presented edition of The Communist Manifesto is fully annotated, with clear historical references and explication, additional related texts, and a glossary that brings the text to life for students, as well as the general reader." "Since it was first written in 1848, the Manifesto has been translated into more languages than any other modern text. It has been banned, censored, burned, and declared "dead." But year after year, the text only grows more influential, remaining required reading in courses on philosophy, politics, economics, and history."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei. English

Alternative Title

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei.

Subjects

• Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 > Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei
• Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (Marx, Karl)
• Socialism
• Communism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-217) and index.

Contents

Introduction: History's Most Important Political Document 9 -- Marxism in a Nutshell 24 -- The Annotated Communist Manifesto -- Preamble 37 -- Part I Bourgeois and Proletarians 39 -- Part II Proletarians and Communists 58 -- Part III Socialist and Communist Literature 72 -- Part IV Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties 87 -- Additional Materials -- Afterword: Is the Manifesto Still Relevant? 93 -- Appendix A Prefaces from Later Editions 118 -- The 1872 German Edition -- The 1882 Russian Edition -- The 1883 German Edition -- The 1888 English Edition -- Appendix B Engels' The Principles of Communism 128 -- Appendix C Other Writings by Marx and Engels 149 -- Marx on Alienation -- Demands of the Communist Party in Germany, March 1848 -- The Materialist Conception of History -- History and Revolution -- Colonialism, Racism, Slavery, and the Origins of Capitalism -- On the Irish Question -- The Paris Commune -- The Transition to Communism -- The Realm of Necessity and the Realm of Freedom -- Women's Oppression and Women's Liberation -- The Emergence of Classes and the State -- Marx's Legacy.

ISBN

• 1931859256
• 9781931859257

LCCN

• 2005025451
• 9781931859257

OCLC

• ocm61499892
• 61499892
• SCSB-14694112

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library