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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 It remains compelling not merely as a historical document, but as a powerful inquiry into how economic systems shape human lives.

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Genre:	Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9788027285716
ISBN-10:	8027285712
Sprache:	Englisch
Autor:	Engels, Friedrich
Übersetzung:	Kelley, Florence
Hersteller:	Good Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	OK Publishing s.r.o., 20a, Kosíre, Zahradníckova 1220, ?-150 00 Prague, obrody@gmail.com
Maße:	229 x 152 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Friedrich Engels
Gewicht:	0,24 kg