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The Communist Manifesto
by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A revolutionary pamphlet interprets history through class conflict and calls workers to overthrow bourgeois society.
- Date
- 1848
- Origin
- Germany / Britain
- Era
- 19th Century
- Genre
- Political theory
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A revolutionary pamphlet interprets history through class conflict and calls workers to overthrow bourgeois society.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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