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The Communist Manifesto opens with the famous words "The history of all hitherto societies has been the history of class struggles," and proceeds in the next 41 pages to single-mindedly elaborate this proposition (79). In section 1, "Bourgeois and Proletarians," Marx delineates his vision of history, focusing on the development and eventual destruction of the bourgeoisie, the dominant class of his day. Before the bourgeoisie rose to prominence, society was organized according to a feudal order run by aristocratic landowners and corporate guilds. With the discovery of America and the subsequent expansion of economic markets, a new class arose, a manufacturing class, which took control of international and domestic trade by producing goods…

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Posted By lorraine a #188465 at May 31, 2011 7:21 AM

what Marx and Engels's goal for society was and how industrialization might help them get there.

how did Marx and Engels think the world would end up? What had to happen in order for it to get there? What were the effects of industrialization (particularly as Marx and Engels saw it)? And how might industrialization have contributed to what Marx and Engels wanted ot see happen?

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Posted By mai k #213107 at Dec 04, 2011 10:03 AM

"The executive of the modern state is but a committe for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoise" Is this true? Use 3 affairs of the whole bourgeoisie to support.

It could be a general statement.

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Posted By amy c #193945 at Jul 29, 2011 12:13 PM

who is the intented audience?

Who did the authors write the book for (audience) and were they successful ?

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