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The Condition of the Working Class in England / Frederick Engels
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working class--England.
- Working class.
- England--Economic conditions--19th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (427 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Electric Book Co., c2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Engels' meticulous study of the urban working class in 1844 is a harrowing account of life in the slums of the new industrialised cities of Britain. A work of intense journalistic brilliance and political importance.
- Contents:
- ""CONTENTS""; ""To the Working-classes of Great Britain""; ""Preface to the First German Edition""; ""Preface to the American Edition""; ""Preface to the English Edition""; ""From the Preface to the Second German Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""The Industrial Proletariat""; ""The Great Towns""; ""Competition""; ""Irish Immigration""; ""Results""; ""Single Branches of Industry: Factory Hands""; ""The Remaining Branches of Industry""; ""Labour Movements""; ""The MIning Proletariat""; ""The Agricultural Proletariat""; ""The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie to the Proletariat""; ""Name Index""
- ""Plan of Manchester""
- Notes:
- "From Personal Observation and Authentic Sources."
- ISBN:
- 1-281-24062-1
- 9786611240622
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