The condition of the working class in England /
The Conditions of the Working Class is the best-known work of Engels, and in many ways still the best study of the working class in Victorian England. It was Engles' first book, written during his stay in Manchester from 1842 to 1844, compiled from his own observations and detailed contemporary...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the German. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Series: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Summary: | The Conditions of the Working Class is the best-known work of Engels, and in many ways still the best study of the working class in Victorian England. It was Engles' first book, written during his stay in Manchester from 1842 to 1844, compiled from his own observations and detailed contemporary reports. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England nach eigner Anschauung und authentischen Quellen. "The German original was first published in 1845. The text here follows the Moscow edition of the English translation made by Florence Kelley-Wischnewetzky, revised by Engels himself and first published in New York in 1887"--Note on the text (p. [xxi]). |
| Physical Description: | xxiv, 336 pages : map ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page xxii) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199555888 0199555885 |