Historical Writings — Karl Marx & Frederick Engels Vol. II

This volume is a collection of Historical Writings of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. All of them were written immediately after the events of which they treat. They contain a masterly analysis of the historical events of the time. On the basis of concrete material, Marx gives striking examples of the materialist explanation of history. Each one of these works is a masterly historical investigation. But the theoretical analysis of the events does not by any means exhaust the significance of these historical works. Marx’s work as historical investigator is intimately bound up with the practical struggle of the proletariat.…