The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
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<DIV><I>The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings</I>, by <B>Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels</B>, is part of the <A href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/classics/index.asp?z=y&cds2Pid=16447&sLinkPrefix"><I>Barnes & Noble Classics</I></A><I> </I>series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of <I>Barnes & Noble Classics</I>: <DIV><UL type=disc><LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Biographies of the authors <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Footnotes and endnotes <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Comments by other famous authors <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Bibliographies for further reading <LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate</LI></UL>All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. <I>Barnes & Noble Classics </I>pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.</DIV></DIV><P>Largely ignored when it was first published in 1848, <B>Karl Marx</B> and <B>Friedrich Engels</B>'s <I>The Communist Manifesto</I> has become one of the most widely read and discussed social and political testaments ever written. Its ideas and concepts have not only become part of the intellectual landscape of Western civilization: They form the basis for a movement that has, for better or worse, radically changed the world.</P><P>Addressed to the common worker, the <I>Manifesto</I> argues that history is a record of class struggle between the bourgeoisie, or owners, and the proletariat, or workers. In order to succeed, the bourgeoisie must constantly build larger cities, promote new products, and secure cheaper commodities, while eliminating large numbers of workers in order to increase profits without increasing production—a scenario that is perhaps even more prevalent today than in 1848. Calling upon the workers of the world to unite, the Manifesto announces a plan for overthrowing the bourgeoisie and empowering the proletariat.</P><P>This volume also includes Marx's <I>The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte</I> (1852), one of the most brilliant works ever written on the philosophy of history, and <I>Theses on Feuerbach</I> (1845), Marx's personal notes about new forms of social relations and education.</P><P><I>Communist Manifesto</I> translated by Samuel Moore, revised and edited by Friedrich Engels.</P><DIV><DIV><B>Martin Puchner</B></B> is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, as well as the author of <I>Stage Fright: Modernism, Anti-Theatricality, and Drama and Poetry of the Revolution: Marx, Manifestos, and the Avant-Gardes</I> (forthcoming).</DIV></DIV>
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