The Communist Manifesto: Annotated Text

Karl Marx

W.W. Norton, 1988 - Communism - 210 pages

It will assist students making their first approach to Marx's thought as well as those ready to study the Manifesto in more depth. For beginning students, this edition provides a carefully annotated text of the Manifesto and two introductory sections by Frederic Bender, a "Chronology of Events Leading to the Communist Manifesto" and "Historical and Theoretical Backgrounds of the Communist Manifesto." More experienced students will benefit from selections on the sources of Marx's thought, the significance of the Manifesto in the history of Marxism, and recent interpretations of the work.

About the author

Karl Heinrich Marx, one of the fathers of communism, was born on May 5, 1818 in Trier, Germany. He was educated at a variety of German colleges, including the University of Jena. He was an editor of socialist periodicals and a key figure in the Working Man's Association. Marx co-wrote his best-known work, "The Communist Manifesto" (1848), with his friend, Friedrich Engels. Marx's most important work, however, may be "Das Kapital" (1867), an analysis of the economics of capitalism. He died on March 14, 1883 in London, England.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Communist Manifesto: Annotated Text; Volume 0 of A Norton critical edition, ISSN 2691-0055; Norton critical editions in the history of ideas
• Author: Karl Marx
• Editor: Frederic L. Bender
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: W.W. Norton, 1988
• ISBN: 0393956164, 9780393956160
• Length: 210 pages