Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Collected Works 1860-64 (Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works) [Hardcover]

Karl Marx (Author), Friedrich Engels (Author)

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• Hardcover: 784 pages
• Publisher: Intl Pub (May 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0717805417
• ISBN-13: 978-0717805419
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brian Wells, Esquire, reviews Collected Works (Vol. 4), December 21, 1997

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This review is from: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Collected Works 1860-64 (Karl Marx, Frederick Engels: Collected Works) (Hardcover)

This is the fourth volume of the massive 50 volume undertaking started by International Publishers of New York in 1975. The entire 50 volume set attempts to collect in one place an English version of everthing written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.

Marx and Engels writing in the nineteenth century had vastly more impact on the twentieth century than on their own century. The Collected Works provides the reader with not only a description and analysis of events as they happened, the 1848 revolutionary upsurge across Europe, the Crimean War, the Paris Commune and even the United States Civil War, but also provides ample background into the thoughts of Marx and Engels through the publication of their letters to each other as well as to third parties.

The fourth volume itself, covering the years 1844-1845, contains the classic article "The Holy Family" on which both writers collaborated and Engels' article "The Condition of the Working Class in England." These articles alone are worthy additions to the library of a person attempting to understand Marxism.