Das Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei wurde von Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels 1847 im Auftrag des§Bundes der Kommunisten verfasst und ist im Februar 1848 in London erschienen.§Dass ein Aufsatz die geistige und politische Welt grundlegend verändern kann, wird bei keinem Text so§augenscheinlich wie bei diesem. Er ist Grundlage und Ausgangspunkt ökonomischer Systeme, politischer§Konflikte und nicht zuletzt einer Vielzahl von Missverständnissen, die bis heute das politische Bewusstsein§prägen.§Das Werk, in dem Marx und Engels bereits große Teile der später als »Marxismus«...

Frederich Engels (1820 1895) was a German businessman and political theorist renowned as one of the intellectual founders of communism. In 1842 Engels was sent to Manchester to oversee his father's textile business, and he lived in the city until 1844. This volume, first published in German in 1845, contains his classic and highly influential account of working-class life in Manchester at the height of its industrial supremacy. Engels' highly detailed descriptions of urban conditions and contrasts between the different classes in Manchester were informed from both his own observations and his...

Featuring an extensive, provocative introduction by historian Martin Malia, this authorized English translation of The Communist Manifesto, edited and annotated by Engels, with prefaces to editions published between 1872 and 1888, provides a new opportunity to examine the document that shook the world.

In 1848, two young men published what would become one of the defining documents of modern history, The Communist Manifesto. It rapidly realigned political faultlines all over the world and its aftershock resonates to this day. In the many years since its publication,...

"Un espectro se cierne sobre Europa: el espectro del comunismo. Contra este espectro se han conjurado en santa jauria todas las potencias de la vieja Europa, el Papa y el zar, Metternich y Guizot, los radicales franceses y los polizontes alemanes..." Un espectro trabaja sin descanso y en silencio en campos calcinados. Camina arrastrando los pies a traves de las polvorientas plazas del pueblo. Trabaja como un burro entre la mugre y la monotonia de las fabricas. Revisa la basura en callejones de barriadas. Flota sobre cubiculos de edificios de oficinas, hilera tras hilera. Donde sea que el...

The Communist Manifesto was first published on February 21, and it is one of the world's most influential political tracts. Commissioned by the Communist League and written by communist theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it laid out the League's purposes and program. The Manifesto suggested a course of action for a proletarian (working class) revolution to overthrow the ruling class of bourgeoisie and to eventually bring about a classless society. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while...

The complete The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in the 1888 English version edited by Engels himself. One of the most influential political treatises of all time, The Communist Manifesto is essential reading for every student of politics and history.