The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 Industrial Poverty, Factory Labor, and Class Struggle in Victorian Britain
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Taschenbuch
Verlag
Good PressSeitenzahl
172
Maße (L/B/H)
0,9/15,2/22,9 cm
Gewicht
240 g
Übersetzt von
Florence Kelley
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-80-272-8571-6
Friedrich Engels's The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 is a foundational work of social investigation and revolutionary critique, combining eyewitness reportage, statistical evidence, parliamentary inquiries, and moral indignation. Written in a lucid, polemical style, it anatomizes the industrial cities of Britain-especially Manchester-as spaces of overcrowding, disease, exploitation, and class antagonism. The 1892 preface adds historical perspective, revisiting the book's claims after decades of capitalist development and labor organization. Engels wrote from unusually intimate knowledge of his subject. Sent to Manchester to work in his family's textile business, he observed industrial capitalism from within while also moving among workers, radicals, and Irish immigrant communities. His encounter with Chartism, urban poverty, and factory discipline sharpened the materialist analysis he would later develop with Karl Marx. The book thus stands at the threshold of Marxist social theory, joining empirical observation to a theory of class struggle. This volume is essential for readers interested in industrialization, Victorian society, labor history, urban studies, or socialist thought. It remains compelling not merely as a historical document, but as a powerful inquiry into how economic systems shape human lives.
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