Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Volume I: The Process of Capitalist Production
Vol. I of the major work of criticism of the capitalist system by one of the leading theorists of 19th century socialism. Only vol. 1 appeared in Marx’s lifetime; the other two vols. were published postumously by Engels. Marx prided himself on having discovered the “laws” which governed the operation of the capitalist system, laws which would inevitably lead to its collapse. A German language version of Das Kapital is also available in HTML and facsimile PDF.
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- Other Works by Marx
- Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk’s devastating review of Marx’s Das Kapital (in English and German)
- Topic: Socialism and the Classical Liberal Critique
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Capital: A Critique of Political Economy. Volume I: The Process of Capitalist Production, by Karl Marx. Trans. from the 3rd German edition, by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, ed. Frederick Engels. Revised and amplified according to the 4th German ed. by Ernest Untermann (Chicago: Charles H. Kerr and Co., 1909).
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- Author: Karl Marx
- Translator: Ernest Untermann
- Editor: Friedrich Engels
- Translator: Edward Aveling
- Editor: Samuel Moore
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Table of Contents
- CONTENTS
- Econlib Editor's Introduction by David M. Hart
- EDITOR'S NOTE TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION by Ernest Untermann
- AUTHOR'S PREFACES to the First and Second Editions, by Karl Marx
- I.—TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- II.—TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- EDITOR'S PREFACES, to the First English Translation and Fourth German Edition by Frederick Engels
- EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION.
- EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE FOURTH GERMAN EDITION.
- Volume I. The Process of Capitalist Production.
- Book I. Capitalist Production.
- PART I. COMMODITIES AND MONEY.
- Part I, Chapter I COMMODITIES.
- Part I, Chapter II EXCHANGE.
- Part I, Chapter III MONEY, OR THE CIRCULATION OF COMMODITIES.
- PART II. THE TRANSFORMATION OF MONEY INTO CAPITAL.
- Part II, Chapter IV THE GENERAL FORMULA FOR CAPITAL.
- Part II, Chapter V CONTRADICTIONS IN THE GENERAL FORMULA OF CAPITAL.
- Part II, Chapter VI THE BUYING AND SELLING OF LABOUR-POWER.
- Part III, Chapter VII THE LABOUR-PROCESS AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING SURPLUS-VALUE.
- Part III, Chapter VIII CONSTANT CAPITAL AND VARIABLE CAPITAL
- Part III, Chapter IX THE RATE OF SURPLUS-VALUE.
- Part III, Chapter X THE WORKING DAY
- Part III, Chapter XI RATE AND MASS OF SURPLUS-VALUE.
- PART IV. PRODUCTION OF RELATIVE SURPLUS-VALUE.
- Part IV, Chapter XII THE CONCEPT OF RELATIVE SURPLUS-VALUE.
- Part IV, Chapter XIII CO-OPERATION.
- Part IV, Chapter XIV DIVISION OF LABOUR AND MANUFACTURE.
- Part IV, Chapter XV MACHINERY AND MODERN INDUSTRY.
- PART V. THE PRODUCTION OF ABSOLUTE AND OF RELATIVE SURPLUS-VALUE.
- Part V, Chapter XVI ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE SURPLUS-VALUE.
- Part V, Chapter XVII CHANGES OF MAGNITUDE IN THE PRICE OF LABOUR-POWER AND IN SURPLUS-VALUE.
- Part V, Chapter XVIII VARIOUS FORMULÆ FOR THE RATE OF SURPLUS-VALUE.
- PART VI. WAGES.
- Part VI, Chapter XIX THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE VALUE (AND RESPECTIVELY THE PRICE) OF LABOUR-POWER INTO WAGES.
- Part VI, Chapter XX TIME-WAGES.
- Part VI, Chapter XXI PIECE-WAGES.
- Part VI, Chapter XXII NATIONAL DIFFERENCES OF WAGES.
- PART VII. THE ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL.
- Part VII, Chapter XXIII SIMPLE REPRODUCTION.
- Part VII, Chapter XXIV CONVERSION OF SURPLUS-VALUE INTO CAPITAL.
- Part VII, Chapter XXV THE GENERAL LAW OF CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION.
- PART VIII. THE SO-CALLED PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION.
- Part VIII, Chapter XXVI THE SECRET OF PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION.
- Part VIII, Chapter XXVII EXPROPRIATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL POPULATION FROM THE LAND.
- Part VIII, Chapter XXVIII BLOODY LEGISLATION AGAINST THE EXPROPRIATED, FROM THE END OF THE 15TH CENTURY. FORCING DOWN OF WAGES BY ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.
- Part VIII, Chapter XXIX GENESIS OF THE CAPITALIST FARMER.
- Part VIII, Chapter XXX REACTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION ON INDUSTRY. CREATION OF THE HOME MARKET FOR INDUSTRIAL CAPITAL.
- Part VIII, Chapter XXXI GENESIS OF THE INDUSTRIAL CAPITALIST.
- Part VIII, Chapter XXXII HISTORICAL TENDENCY OF CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION.
- Part VIII, Chapter XXXIII THE MODERN THEORY OF COLONISATION.70
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