{"product_id":"9781848705630","title":"Capital: Volumes One and Two","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew writers have had a more demonstrable impact on the development of  the modern world than has Karl Marx (1818-1883). Born in Trier into a  middle-class Jewish family in 1818, by the time of his death in London  in 1883, Marx claimed a growing international reputation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOf central importance then and later was his book \u003cem\u003eDas Kapital\u003c\/em\u003e, or, as it is known to English readers, simply \u003cem\u003eCapital\u003c\/em\u003e. Volume One of \u003cem\u003eCapital\u003c\/em\u003e  was published in Paris in 1867 and is available as a separate Wordsworth eBook. This  was the only volume published during Marx’s lifetime and the only to  have come directly from his pen. Volume Two, which is contained in this eBook, was published in 1884, and was based on notes Marx  left, but written by his friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels  (1820-1895). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders from the nineteenth century to the present have been captivated  by the unmistakable power and urgency of this classic of world  literature. Marx’s critique of the capitalist system is rife with big  themes: his theory of ‘surplus value’, his discussion of the  exploitation of the working class, and his forecast of class conflict on  a grand scale. Marx wrote with purpose. As he famously put it,  ‘Philosophers have previously tried to explain the world, our task is to  change it.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wordsworth Editions, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165158752496,"sku":"9781848705630","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848705630_p0.jpg?v=1763751031","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848705630","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}