{"product_id":"engels-manchester-and-the-working-steven-marcus-9781412856690","title":"Engels, Manchester, and the Working Class","description":"\u003cp\u003eFriedrich Engels' first major work, \u003cem\u003eThe Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844\u003c\/em\u003e, has long been considered a social, political, and economic classic. The first book of its kind to study the phenomenon of urbanism and the problems of the modern city, Engels' text contains many of the ideas he was later to develop in collaboration with Karl Marx. In this book, Steven Marcus, author of the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eThe Other Victorians\u003c\/em\u003e, applies himself to the study of Engels' book and the conditions that combined to produce it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcus studies the city of Manchester, centre of the first Industrial Revolution, between 1835 and 1850 when the city and its inhabitants were experiencing the first great crisis of the newly emerging industrial capitalism. He also examines Engels himself, son of a wealthy German textile manufacturer, who was sent to Manchester to complete his business education in the English cotton mills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTouching upon several disciplines, including the history of socialism, urban sociology, Marxist thought, and the history and theory of the Industrial Revolution, \u003cem\u003eEngels, Manchester, and the Working Class\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fascinating study of nineteenth-century English literature and cultural life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Marcus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1412856698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412856690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Steven Marcus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064635748607,"sku":"9781412856690","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_068a0235-ba4d-4ee6-9ef4-a05b94768d9e.jpg?v=1685396644","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/engels-manchester-and-the-working-steven-marcus-9781412856690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}