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The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844

Name: The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844
Author: Friedrich Engels

Friedrich Engels

Read by Cate Barratt · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License · Translated by Florence Kelley

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Chapters

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00 - Preface (33:56)
01 - Introduction (40:38)
02 - Chapter 1. The Industrial Proletariat (7:22)
03 - Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 1 (33:49)
04 - Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 2 (39:08)
05 - Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 3 (44:31)
06 - Chapter 3. Competition (32:42)
07 - Chapter 4. Irish Immigration (10:16)
08 - Chapter 5. Results, part 1 (47:13)
09 - Chapter 5. Results, part 2 (47:38)
10 - Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 1 (39:36)
11 - Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 2 (44:14)
12 - Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 3 (39:06)
13 - Chapter 7. The Remaining Branches of Industry, part 1 (24:34)
14 - Chapter 7. The Remaining Branches of Industry, part 2 (33:30)
15 - Chapter 8. Labour Movements, part 1 (36:42)
16 - Chapter 8. Labour Movements, part 2 (32:56)
17 - Chapter 9. The Mining Proletariat (43:42)
18 - Chapter 10. The Agricultural Proletariat (34:59)
19 - Chapter 11. The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie Towards the Proletariat (53:55)

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