Capital: An Abridged Edition
Sept 1999 · OUP Oxford
4.4star
14 reviewsreport
eBook
544
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn more
About this eBook
A classic of early modernism, Capital combines vivid historical detail with economic analysis to produce a bitter denunciation of mid-Victorian capitalist society. It has also proved to be the most influential work in social science in the twentieth century; Marx did for social science what Darwin had done for biology. Millions of readers this century have treated Capital as a sacred text, subjecting it to as many different interpretations as the bible itself. No mere work of dry economics, Marx's great work depicts the unfolding of industrial capitalism as a tragic drama - with a message which has lost none of its relevance today. This is the only abridged edition to take account of the whole of Capital. It offers virtually all of Volume 1, which Marx himself published in 1867, excerpts from a new translation of `The Result of the Immediate Process of Production', and a selection of key chapters from Volume 3, which Engels published in 1895. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Ratings and reviews
4.4
14 reviews
Michal Dovala
- Flag inappropriate
5 August 2020
More than 200 millions victims, millions in prisons, economies in collapse, devastated ecosystem and billions of personal tragedies... This is REAL communism. Be careful people... We in Eastern Europe have a very fresh memories and now I see the same scenario in U.S. and in Western Europe... Very sad.
MR LEGEND
- Flag inappropriate
17 October 2017
Really exclusitivity lies in this book.... This is the book which gives us the ability to participate in each kind of debate....
2 people found this review helpful
A Google user
- Flag inappropriate
- Show review history
21 July 2018
A good translation if not the ideal one
3 people found this review helpful
About the author
David McLellan is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Kent.
Rate this eBook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Centre instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
