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The Portable Karl Marx

by Karl Marx · 1983

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Includes the complete Communist Manifestoand substantial extracts from On the Jewish Question, the German Ideology, Grundrisse, and Capital, a broad representation of his letters, and lesser-known works, especially his long-unavailable, early works.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thissociologysociologyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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epic · 720 pages
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