This is Engels' first book (since considered a classic account of England's working class in the industrial age), which argues that workers paid a heavy price for the industrial revolution that swept the country. Engels wrote the piece while staying in Manchester from 1842 to 1844, based on th bohis observations and several contemporary reports conducted over the period. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
33:56 - Chapter 2
Introduction
40:38 - Chapter 3
Chapter 1. The Industrial Proletariat
07:22 - Chapter 4
Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 1
33:49 - Chapter 5
Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 2
39:08 - Chapter 6
Chapter 2. The Great Towns, part 3
44:31 - Chapter 7
Chapter 3. Competition
32:42 - Chapter 8
Chapter 4. Irish Immigration
10:16 - Chapter 9
Chapter 5. Results, part 1
47:13 - Chapter 10
Chapter 5. Results, part 2
47:38 - Chapter 11
Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 1
39:36 - Chapter 12
Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 2
44:14 - Chapter 13
Chapter 6. Single Branches of Industry. Factory Hands, part 3
39:06 - Chapter 14
Chapter 7. The Remaining Branches of Industry, part 1
24:34 - Chapter 15
Chapter 7. The Remaining Branches of Industry, part 2
33:30 - Chapter 16
Chapter 8. Labour Movements, part 1
36:42 - Chapter 17
Chapter 8. Labour Movements, part 2
32:56 - Chapter 18
Chapter 9. The Mining Proletariat
43:42 - Chapter 19
Chapter 10. The Agricultural Proletariat
34:59 - Chapter 20
Chapter 11. The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie Towards the Proletariat
53:55