The Communist Manifesto

Edited by Samuel H. Beer, with key selections from Capital and The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, this volume features an especially helpful introduction that serves as a guide to Marxist political and economic theory and to placing the specific writings in their contemporary setting. Included are a bibliography and list of important dates in the life of Karl Marx.

Introduction vii

Principal Dates in the Life of Marx xxx

The Communist Manifesto 1

The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte (Selections) 47

The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation (Selections from Chapter 25, Volume I, Capital) 65

Bibliography 95

Karl Marx was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary. Born in Trier, Germany, to a Jewish middle-class family, Marx studied law and philosophy at university. Friedrich Engels is the author of The Communist Manifesto: with selections from The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte and Capital by Karl Marx, published by Wiley.