Works of Marx and Engels (Vol. 10)

Author: Compiled by the Translation and Publishing Committee of the Works of Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 1998-03-01
Features: This volume includes political writings, party documents, current affairs commentaries, correspondence, and book reviews by Marx and Engels written from mid-August 1849 to late June 1851. During this period, the revolutions in the countries of mainland Europe in 1848-1849, and the European revolution began to enter a low ebb. After experiencing a major crisis, capitalism started to show signs of recovery and soon moved toward prosperity. In the second half of 1849, Marx and Engels. At this time, their primary concern was consolidating the organization of the Communist League under the new circumstances, strengthening party work, and making a comprehensive theoretical summary of the 1848-1849 revolution as quickly as possible. The documents included in this volume correspond to part of the literature in Volume 7 of the first edition of the Collected Works of Marx and Engels and Volume 44, which also belongs to this time period. This volume includes 8 newly added documents, 5 of which were written by Marx and Engels: "Estimate of the Profit and Circulation of the New Rheinische Zeitung, Politische Wirtschaftliche Zeitung" and "Notes added to the poem For the Re-publication of Louis Menard." There are also 3 appendices: "Report on the speech delivered by F. Engels at the banquet commemorating the second anniversary of the French February Revolution on February 25, 1850" and "Receipt of the Social Democratic Emigrant Committee dated September 20, 1850." According to the editorial principles of this collection, some documents and private letters will be included in subsequent volumes corresponding to their respective categories.