Capital Volume 1 A Critique of Political Economy - Penguin Classics
Karl Marx, Ben Fowkes
Paperback (06 Dec 1990)


A groundbreaking work of economic analysis. It is also a literary masterpice Francis Wheen, Guardian

One of the most notorious and influential works of modern times, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis. Arguing that capitalism would cause an ever-increasing division in wealth and welfare, he predicted its abolition and replacement by a system with common ownership of the means of production. Capital rapidly acquired readership throughout the world, to become a work described by Marxs collaborator Friedrich Engels as the Bible of the working class.

Translated by BEN FOWKES with an Introduction by ERNEST MANDEL


Product details

Format Paperback | 1152 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 49mm | 777g
Publication date 17 Jun 2011
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition Statement Reprint
Illustrations note illustrations
ISBN10 0140445684
ISBN13 9780140445688
Bestsellers rank 9,497