Dispatches for the New York Tribune : Selected Journalism of Karl Marx

by Marx, Karl (Author); Ledbetter, James (Editor/introduction); Wheen, Francis (Foreword by)

• ISBN13: 9780141441924
• ISBN10: 0141441925
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-26
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

Karl Marx (1818-1883) is arguably the most famous political philosopher of all time, but he was also one of the great foreign correspondents of the nineteenth century. During his eleven years writing for the New York Tribune (their collaboration began in 1852), Marx tackled an abundance of topics, from issues of class and the state to world affairs. Particularly moving pieces highlight social inequality and starvation in Britain, while others explore his groundbreaking views on the slave and opium trades - Marx believed Western powers relied on these and would stop at nothing to protect their interests. Above all, Marx's fresh perspective on nineteenth-century events encouraged his readers to think, and his writing is surprisingly relevant today.

Author Biography

Karl Marx (1818-û1883), an influential political philosopher, was the author of Capital and many other writings. He also cowrote, with Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto.
James Ledbetter is a senior editor at Time Europe.
Francis Wheen is an award-winning author and journalist. His acclaimed biography of Karl Marx has been translated into twenty languages.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Chronology	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
A Note on the Text	p. xxix
China
Revolution in China and in Europe	p. 3
[The Anglo-Chinese Conflict]	p. 11
[Russian Trade with China]	p. 17
[English Atrocities in China]	p. 20
History of the Opium Trade [I]	p. 24
History of the Opium Trade [II]	p. 28
[The Anglo-Chinese Treaty]	p. 31
The British and Chinese Treaty	p. 36
Trade with China	p. 42
War, Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Europe
The Greek Insurrection	p. 51
Declaration of War.-On the History of the Eastern Question	p. 54
[Revolution in Spain.-Bomarsund]	p. 63
Prussia	p. 67
[Revolution in Spain] [I]	p. 72
[Revolution in Spain] [II]	p. 78
[On Italian Unity]	p. 84
A Historic Parallel	p. 90
What Has Italy Gained?	p. 93
British Politics and Society
The Elections in England.-Tories and Whigs	p. 98
Corruption at Elections	p. 104
[Case of Starvation]	p. 111
[Starvation]	p. 113
The Duchess of Sutherland and Slavery	p. 113
[Capital Punishment]	p. 119
[Irish Tenant Right]	p. 123
[Chartism]	p. 129
[Prince Albert]	p. 131
The War Debate in Parliament	p. 134
[Clearing of Estates in Scotland]	p. 139
The English Middle Class	p. 142
Fall of the Aberdeen Ministry	p. 145
[The Increase of Lunacy in Great Britain]	p. 151
Economics and Finance
Pauperism and Free Trade.-The Approaching Commercial Crisis	p. 161
The Labor Question	p. 163
The Commercial Crisis in Britain	p. 166
The French Credit Mobilier [I]	p. 171
The French Credit Mobilier [II]	p. 177
The French Credit Mobilier [III]	p. 183
Condition of Factory Laborers	p. 189
[The Bank Act of 1844 and the Monetary Crisis in England]	p. 192
[The Crisis in Europe]	p. 198
British Commerce and Finance	p. 200
[Project for the Regulation of the Price of Bread in France]	p. 204
India and Imperialism
The British Rule in India	p. 212
The Future Results of British Rule in India	p. 219
The Revolt in the Indian Army	p. 225
The Indian Question	p. 229
The Indian Revolt	p. 234
[Investigation of Tortures in India]	p. 237
The Approaching Indian Loan	p. 243
The Indian Bill	p. 246
Great Trouble in Indian Finances	p. 250
America and Slavery
The British Government and the Slave-Trade	p. 261
The American Question in England	p. 266
The British Cotton Trade	p. 276
The North American Civil War	p. 280
The London Times on the Orleans Princes in America	p. 291
The News and Its Effect in London	p. 295
Progress of Feeling in England	p. 300
English Public Opinion	p. 305
Notes	p. 312
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