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The Condition of the Working Class in England » (REV)

Book cover image of The Condition of the Working Class in England by Friedrich Engels

Authors: Friedrich Engels, Victor Kiernan
ISBN-13: 9780140444865, ISBN-10: 0140444866
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: June 1987
Edition: REV

Author Biography: Friedrich Engels

University of Kent at Canterbury

Book Synopsis

This, the first book written by Engels during his stay in Manchester from 1842 to 1844, is the best known and in many ways the most astute study of the working class in Victorian England. The fluency of his writing, the personal nature of his insights, and his talent for mordant satire all combiine to make Engels's account of the lives of the victims of early industrial change an undeniable classic.

	Introduction	7
	Preface to the First German Edition	18
	Preface to the English Edition	21
	Introduction	37
	The Industrial Proletariat	54
	The Great Towns	57
	Competition	108
	Irish Immigration	122
	Results	126
	Single Branches of Industry. Factory-Hands	163
	The Remaining Branches of Industry	216
	Labour Movements	239
	The Mining Proletariat	267
	The Agricultural Proletariat	286
	The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie towards the Proletariat	301
	To the Working-Classes of Great Britain	323
	Index	326