The Condition of the Working Class in England

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The Condition of the Working Class in England is an 1845 socio-economic study by Friedrich Engels that exposes the harsh living and labor conditions of the industrial proletariat in 19th-century England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marxist work
book
non-fiction book
socio-economic study
19thCentury true
author Friedrich Engels
basedOn Friedrich Engels' observations in Manchester
factory inspections
workers' testimonies
countryOfOrigin Germany
criticizes British bourgeoisie
industrial capitalism
laissez-faire capitalism
describes child labor
environmental pollution
epidemic diseases
exploitation of workers
long working hours
overcrowded housing
unsafe working conditions
focusesOn Birmingham
Glasgow
Leeds
London, England
surface form: London

Manchester
genre political economy
social criticism
influenced Karl Marx
The Communist Manifesto
labor movement
socialist movements
mainSubject capitalism
class struggle
housing conditions
industrial cities
industrial proletariat
industrialization
labor conditions
public health
urban poverty
working class in England
movement Marxism
notableFor detailed description of industrial slums
early empirical study of the working class
influence on socialist theory
originalLanguage German
originalTitle The Condition of the Working Class in England self-linksurface differs
surface form: Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England
placeOfPublication Leipzig
proposes working-class political organization
publicationYear 1845
publisher Otto Wigand
relatedWork Das Kapital
The Communist Manifesto
timePeriodDescribed 1830s
1840s
titleLanguage English

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Friedrich notableWork The Condition of the Working Class in England
subject surface form: Friedrich Engels
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this entity surface form: Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England