From the final decades of the eighteenth century to the present day, a relatively few social and political documents have been written and circulated, then have gone on to change the course of human history. " The Manifesto Series" surveys some of those documents, presents an account of each manifesto's immediate impact, then explains how and why its influence spread to a wider audience. Brief and concisely written, each title in this series makes engrossing reading and provides readers with insights into the dynamics of modern history. Each title in this series is enhanced with approximately 70 color illustrations. In 1848, "The Communist Manifesto, " written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, proclaimed: "Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains." Thus began a worldwide social sea-change marked by protests and revolutions. The Communist Manifesto presented in...
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