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The condition of the working class in England / Friedrich Engels ; edited with a foreword by Victor Kiernan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Middlesex ; New York : Penguin Books, 2005.Description: 301 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780140444865
  • 0140444866
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.5620942
LOC classification:
  • HD 8389 E57c 2005
Contents:
Introduction -- The Industrial Proletariat -- The Great Towns -- Competition -- Irish Immigration -- Results -- Single Branches of Industry. Factory-hands -- The Remaining Branches of Industry -- Labour Movements -- The Mining Proletariat -- The Agricultural Proletariat -- The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie towards the Proletariat.
Summary: Explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England. This polemic paints a picture of daily life in the industrial towns, and for miners and agricultural workers in a savage indictment of the greed of the bourgeoisie.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD 8389 E57c 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000116941

Includes index.

Introduction -- The Industrial Proletariat -- The Great Towns -- Competition -- Irish Immigration -- Results -- Single Branches of Industry. Factory-hands -- The Remaining Branches of Industry -- Labour Movements -- The Mining Proletariat -- The Agricultural Proletariat -- The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie towards the Proletariat.

Explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England. This polemic paints a picture of daily life in the industrial towns, and for miners and agricultural workers in a savage indictment of the greed of the bourgeoisie.

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