The Communist Manifesto

by Marx, Karl; Engels, Friedrich; McLellan, David

• ISBN13: 9780192834379
• ISBN10: 0192834371
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-09
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This Norton Critical Edition offers a complete historical and philosophical introduction to Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party. It will assist students making their first approach to Marx's thought as well as those ready to study the Manifesto in more depth. For beginning students, this edition provides a carefully annotated text of the Manifesto and two introductory sections by Frederic Bender, a "Chronology of Events Leading to the Communist Manifesto" and "Historical and Theoretical Backgrounds of the Communist Manifesto." More experienced students will benefit from selections on the sources of Marx's thought, the significance of the Manifesto in the history of Marxism, and recent interpretations of the work.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii	(11)
Note on the Text	xviii	(1)
Select Bibliography	xix	(2)
A Chronology of The Communist Manifesto	xxi
THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO	1	(39)
Appendices:	40	(21)
Preface to the German Edition of 1872	40	(2)
Preface to the Russian Edition of 1882	42	(2)
Preface to the German Edition of 1883	44	(1)
Preface to the English Edition of 1888	45	(6)
Preface to the German Edition of 1890	51	(6)
Preface to the Polish Edition of 1892	57	(2)
Preface to the Italian Edition of 1893	59	(2)
Explanatory Notes	61	(6)
Index of Names	67