Karl Marx

Description

For western civilization courses, world history courses and 19th century Europe courses.

Explores the Industrial Revolution by detailing the life and work of Karl Marx.

Karl Marx, part of the Library of World Biography Series, is aimed primarily at undergraduates with little or no background knowledge of Marx or his theories. This book covers the important aspects of his life and the major theoretical arguments of his work. It also explores the Industrial Revolution through the lens of Marx’s view of socialism, not simply as an ethical idea but also as a way of framing the industrial system and its impact on workers.

Each interpretive biography in the Library of World Biography Series focuses on a person whose actions and ideas either significantly influenced world events or whose life reflects important themes and developments in global history.

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Hallmark Features

• The text will help students understand the period in which Marx lived and his legacy through the author’s interpretation of the current body of literature on Marx as well as through Marx’s own words.
• The book is ideal for students who only have a general idea of the time period in which Marx lived, placing Marx’s life within the broader historical context and exploring its impact on world history and western thought.
• The book contains extensive quotations from Marx’s writings.

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William A. Pelz

Born in a working class district on the south side of Chicago, William A. Pelz is an academic historian. A specialist in European and comparative labor history, Pelz is the author of the Against Capitalism: the European Left on the March. He is currently a professor at Elgin Community College and director of the Institute of Working Class History (Chicago).

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 MARX BEFORE THE MANIFESTO

CHAPTER 2 A SPECTER IS HAUNTING EUROPE?

CHAPTER 3 LONDON: INTO EXILE AND POVERTY

CHAPTER 4 WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE: THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING MEN’S ASSOCIATION (IWMA)

CHAPTER 5 DAS KAPITAL AND THE ECONOMICS OF INDUSTRIALISM

CHAPTER 6 “ALL I KNOW IS I’M NOT A MARXIST”: MARX’S LAST YEARS

CHAPTER 7 THE MEANING OF MARX

Chronology

Significant Works

Glossary of People

Glossary of Terms

A Note on Sources

For Further Study

Karl Marx, part of the Library of World Biography Series, explores the Industrial Revolution by detailing the life and work of Karl Marx. The text is aimed primarily at undergraduates with little or no background knowledge of Marx or his theories. This book covers the important aspects of his life and the major theoretical arguments of his work. It also explores the Industrial Revolution through the lens of Marx’s view of socialism, not simply as an ethical idea but also as a way of framing the industrial system and its impact on workers.

Each interpretive biography in the Library of World Biography Series focuses on a person whose actions and ideas either significantly influenced world events or whose life reflects important themes and developments in global history.