Marx/Engels Internet Archive

The Condition of the Working Class in England

front cover of original pamphlet

Frederick Engels


Written: September 1844 to March 1845;
Published: in Leipzig in 1845;
The English edition (authorised by Engels) was published in 1887 in New York and in London in 1891;
Online text: Marx/Engels Internet Archive
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Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Industrial Proletariat
Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 1
Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 2
Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 3
Chapter 3. Competition
Chapter 4. Irish Immigration
Chapter 5. Results, part 1
Chapter 5. Results, part 2
Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 1
Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 2
Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 3
Chapter 7. The Remaining Branches of Industry, part 1
Chapter 7. The Remaining Branches of Industry, part 2
Chapter 8. Labour Movements, part 1
Chapter 8. Labour Movements, part 2
Chapter 9. The Mining Proletariat
Chapter 10. The Agricultural Proletariat
Chapter 11. The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie Towards the Proletariat