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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.
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- Date
- 1848
- Origin
- Germany / Britain
- Era
- 19th Century
- Genre
- Political theory
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
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A revolutionary pamphlet interprets history through class conflict and calls workers to overthrow bourgeois society.
This work is included on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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