David Riazanov's
Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
An Introduction to Their Lives and Work

written 1927
first published 1937
Translated by Joshua Kunitz
Transcribed for the Internet
by [email protected] in between January and April 1996

 


TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Industrial Revolution In England
The Great French Revolution And Its Influence Upon Germany

Chapter 2 The Early Revolutionary Movement In Germany
The Rhine Province
The Youth Of Marx And Engels
The Early Writings Of Engels
Marx As Editor Of The Rheinische Zeitung

Chapter 3 The Relation Between Scientific Socialism And Philosophy
Materialism
Kant
Fichte
Hegel
Feuerbach
Dialectic Materialism
The Historic Mission Of The Proletariat

Chapter 4 The History Of The Communist League
Marx As An Organizer
The Struggle With Weitling
The Formation Of The Communist League
The Communist Manifesto
The Controversy With Proudhon

Chapter 5 The German Revolution Of 1818
Marx And Engels In The Rhine Province
The Founding Of The Neue Rheinische Zeitung
Gotschalk And Willich
The Cologne Workingmen'S Union
The Policies And Tactics Of The Neue Rheinische Zeitung
Stefan Born
Marx'S Change Of Tactics
The Defeat Of The Revolution And The Difference
Of Opinions In The Communist League
The Split

Chapter 6 The Reaction Of The Fifties
The New York Tribune
The Crimean War
The Views Of Marx And Engels
The Italian Question
Marx And Engels Differ With Lassalle
The Controversy With Vogt
Marx'S Attitude Toward Lassalle

Chapter 7 The Crisis Of 1867-8
The Growth Of The Labour Movement
In England, France And Germany
The London International Exposition In 1862
The Civil War In America
The Cotton Famine
The Polish Revolt
The Founding Of The First International
The Role Of Marx
The Inaugural Address

Chapter 8 The Constitution Of The First International
The London Conference
The Geneva Congress
Marx'S Report
The Lausanne And Brussels Congresses
Bakunin And Marx
The Basle Congress
The Franco-Prussian War
The Paris Commune
The Struggle Between Marx And Bakunin
The Hague Congress

Chapter 9 Engels Moves To London
His Participation In The General Council
Marx'S Illness
Engels Takes His Place
Anti-Dühring
The Last Years Of Marx
Engels As The Editor Of Marx'S Literary Heritage
The Role Of Engels In The Second International
The Death Of Engels


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