{"product_id":"the-political-writings-isbn-9781788736862","title":"The Political Writings","description":"\u003cb\u003eAll of Marx’s essential political writing in one volume\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKarl Marx was not only the great theorist of capitalism. He was also a superb journalist, politician, and historian. This book brings together all of his essential political and historical writings in one volume for the first time. These works allow us to see the depth and range of thought in the mature Marx, covering a period from the tumultuous revolutions of 1848 that rocked Europe through to the end of his life. With a foreword by Tariq Ali, and including \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Class Struggles in France\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Critique of the Gotha Programme\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume shows Marx at his most astute, analysing the forces of global capitalism as they played out in the world around him.\u003cb\u003eKarl Marx \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1818, in the Rhenish city of Trier, the son of a successful lawyer. He studied law and philosophy at the universities of Bonn and Berlin, completing his doctorate in 1841. In Paris three years later, Marx was introduced to the study of political economy by a former fellow student, Frederick Engels. In 1848 they collaborated in writing \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Manifesto\u003c\/i\u003e. Expelled from Prussia in the same year, Marx took up residence first in Paris and then in London where, in 1867 he published his magnum opus \u003ci\u003eCapital. \u003c\/i\u003eA co-founder of the International Workingmen's Association in 1864, Marx died in London in 1883.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304559399141,"sku":"NP9781788736862","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781788736862.jpg?v=1767740996","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-political-writings-isbn-9781788736862","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}