The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844

From 1842 to 1844 German philosopher FRIEDRICH ENGELS (1820-1895) lived in Manchester England and witnessed firsthand the impact of the nations burgeoning Industrial Revolution on the poor. In this classic treatise Engels documents in what is today his best-known work the terrible working conditions rampant disease overcrowded housing child labor and other horrors of the time. Originally intended for a German audience and translated for American readers in 1885 by American socialist suffragette and civil rights activist FLORENCE KELLEY WISCHNEWETZKY (1859-1932) this work has never been out of print. It remains a startling record of the era and is must-reading for anyone wishing a deeper understanding of Karl Marxs Communist Manifesto which Engels collaborated on with his friend only a few years later.