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008			190401b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780141191102
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books,Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_a331.80942 _bENG/CO
100			_aEngels, Friedrich
245			_aCONDITIONS OF THE WORKING CLASS IN ENGLAND
250			_a1
260			_aUK _bPenguin Books _c2009/01/01
300			_g307
500			_aWritten when Engels was only twenty-four, and inspired in particular by his time living amongst the poor in Manchester, this forceful polemic explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England. Engels paints an unforgettable picture of daily life in the new industrial towns, and for miners and agricultural workers--depicting overcrowded housing, abject poverty, child labour, sexual exploitation, dirt and drunkenness--in a savage indictment of the greed of the bourgeoisie. His fascinating later preface, written for the first English edition of 1892 and included here, brought the story up to date in the light of forty years' further refelection. A masterpiece of committed reporting and an impassioned call to arms, this is one of the great pioneering works of social history.
650			_aEconomic history
650			_aWorking class
650			_aGreat Britain
650			_aEngland
650			_aLabor movement
650			_aSocial conditions
650			_aWorking class--Economic conditions
700			_aKiernan,Victor (ed.)
942			_cLEN
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999			_c175067 _d175067