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The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 / with a Preface written in 1892

Friedrich Engels

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 292 pages

The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 is a work of social reportage and analysis by Friedrich Engels, first published in German in 1845. Drawing on observations of English industrial cities, it describes the housing, wages, health and poverty of workers during early industrial capitalism. Its 1892 preface reflects on how much had changed and why the book remains a documented account of that era.

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The Condition of the Working-Class in
England in 1844, by Frederick Engels
The Condition of the WorkingClass in England in 1844
With a Preface written in 1892
by
FREDERICK ENGELS
Translated by Florence Kelley Wischnewetzky
London
GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD
Museum Street
PREFACE

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Contents

  1. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844, by Frederick Engels
  2. The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 With a Preface written in 1892
  3. PREFACE
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. THE INDUSTRIAL PROLETARIAT.
  6. THE GREAT TOWNS.
  7. COMPETITION.
  8. IRISH IMMIGRATION.
  9. RESULTS.
  10. SINGLE BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY. FACTORY HANDS.
  11. THE REMAINING BRANCHES OF INDUSTRY.
  12. LABOUR MOVEMENTS.
  13. THE MINING PROLETARIAT.
  14. THE AGRICULTURAL PROLETARIAT.
  15. THE ATTITUDE OF THE BOURGEOISIE TOWARDS THE PROLETARIAT.
  16. TRANSLATORS NOTE.
  17. INDEX
  18. Footnotes.
  19. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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