The Communist Manifesto and Das KapitalThe unabridgedversions of these definitive works are now available together as ahighly designed paperback with flaps with a new introduction by RobertWeick. Part of the Knickerbocker Classics series, a modern design makesthis timeless book a perfect travel companion.Considered to be one of the most influential political writings,The Communist Manifestoisas relevant today as when it was originally published. This pamphlet bythe German philosophers Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, published in1884 as revolutions were erupting across Europe, discusses classstruggles and the problems of a capitalist society.After being exiled to London, Marx published the first part ofDas Kapital,a theoretical text that argues that capitalism will create greater andgreater division in wealth and welfare and ultimately be replaced by asystem of common ownership of the means of production. After Marx'sdeath, Engels completed and published the second and third parts fromhis colleague's notes.