Capital, Volume I
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HasFullText remains false."]},{"Kind":"RawSection","Title":"Full Text","BodyHtml":"\u003cp class=\"dz-philo__section-copy dz-philo__full-text-source\"\u003eFull text from \u003ca href=\"https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/index.htm\"\u003eMarxists Internet Archive: Capital Volume I\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003carticle class=\"dz-philo__full-text-body\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eKarl Marx 1867\u003c/h4\u003e\r\n\u003ch1\u003eCapital\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eA Critique of Political Economy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h1\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eVolume One\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eBook One: The Process of Production of Capital\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n\u003chr size=\"1\" /\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eFirst Published:\u003c/span\u003e in German in 1867;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eFirst Published in English:\u003c/span\u003e 1887;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eSource:\u003c/span\u003e First English edition of 1887 (4th German edition changes included as indicated) with some modernisation of spelling;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e Progress Publishers, Moscow, USSR;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eTranslated:\u003c/span\u003e Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling, edited by Frederick Engels;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eOnline Version:\u003c/span\u003e Marx/Engels Internet Archive (marxists.org) 1995, 1999;\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eTranscribed:\u003c/span\u003e Zodiac, Hinrich Kuhls, Allan Thurrott, Bill McDorman,\r\nBert Schultz and Martha Gimenez (1995-1996);\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eHTML Markup:\u003c/span\u003e Stephen Baird and Brian Baggins (1999);\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cspan\u003eProofed:\u003c/span\u003e and corrected by Andy Blunden and Chris Clayton (2008), Mark Harris (2010), Dave Allinson (2015).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003ca href=\"../download/pdf/Capital-Volume-I.pdf\"\u003ePDF version\u003c/a\u003e (4,000kb), \r\n\u003ca href=\"../download/doc/Capital-Volume-I.docx\"\u003eWord version\u003c/a\u003e (655kb), \r\n\u003ca href=\"../download/zip/Capital-Volume-I.zip\"\u003eWord Zip version\u003c/a\u003e (900kb),\r\n\u003ca href=\"../download/epub/capital-v1.epub\"\u003eePub version\u003c/a\u003e (1,000kb), \r\n\u003ca href=\"../download/mobi/capital-v1.mobi\"\u003emobi version\u003c/a\u003e (1,300kb), \r\n\u003ca href=\"../download/prc/capital-v1.prc\"\u003ePRC version\u003c/a\u003e (1,600kb).\r\n\u003c/p\u003e \r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026#160;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch4\u003eTable of Contents\u003c/h4\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg align=\"right\" hspace=\"10\" / src=\"https://chrisdeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/philosophy-full-text-marx-capital-volume-i-1106802024.gif\" alt=\"cover\" border=\"0\" \u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003ca href=\"part0.htm\"\u003ePrefaces and\r\nAfterwords\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPart I: Commodities and Money\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nCh. 1: \u003ca href=\"ch01.htm\"\u003eCommodities\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u0026#160; \u0026#160; \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"commodity.htm\"\u003eCh. 1 as per First German Edition\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 2: \u003ca href=\"ch02.htm\"\u003eExchange\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 3: \u003ca href=\"ch03.htm\"\u003eMoney,\r\nor the Circulation of Commodities\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPart II: The Transformation of Money into Capital\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nCh. 4: \u003ca href=\"ch04.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nGeneral Formula for Capital\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 5: \u003ca href=\"ch05.htm\"\u003eContradictions\r\nin the General Formula of Capital\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 6: \u003ca href=\"ch06.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nBuying and Selling of Labour-Power\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPart III: The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nCh. 7: \u003ca href=\"ch07.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nLabour-Process and the Process of Producing Surplus-Value\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 8: \u003ca href=\"ch08.htm\"\u003eConstant\r\nCapital and Variable Capital\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 9: \u003ca href=\"ch09.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nRate of Surplus-Value\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 10: \u003ca href=\"ch10.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nWorking-Day\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 11: \u003ca href=\"ch11.htm\"\u003eRate\r\nand Mass of Surplus-Value\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPart IV: Production of Relative Surplus Value\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nCh. 12: \u003ca href=\"ch12.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nConcept of Relative Surplus-Value\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 13: \u003ca href=\"ch13.htm\"\u003eCo-operation\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 14: \u003ca href=\"ch14.htm\"\u003eDivision\r\nof Labour and Manufacture\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 15: \u003ca href=\"ch15.htm\"\u003eMachinery\r\nand Modern Industry\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPart V: The Production of Absolute and of Relative Surplus-Value\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nCh. 16: \u003ca href=\"ch16.htm\"\u003eAbsolute\r\nand Relative Surplus-Value\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 17: \u003ca href=\"ch17.htm\"\u003eChanges\r\nof Magnitude in the Price of Labour-Power and in Surplus-Value\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 18: \u003ca href=\"ch18.htm\"\u003eVarious\r\nFormula for the Rate of Surplus-Value\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPart VI: Wages\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nCh. 19: \u003ca href=\"ch19.htm\"\u003eThe Transformation of the Value (and Respective Price) of Labour-Power into Wages\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 20: \u003ca href=\"ch20.htm\"\u003eTime-Wages\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 21: \u003ca href=\"ch21.htm\"\u003ePiece-Wages\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 22: \u003ca href=\"ch22.htm\"\u003eNational\r\nDifferences of Wages\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPart VII: The Accumulation of Capital\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nCh. 23: \u003ca href=\"ch23.htm\"\u003eSimple\r\nReproduction\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 24: \u003ca href=\"ch24.htm\"\u003eConversion\r\nof Surplus-Value into Capital\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 25: \u003ca href=\"ch25.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nGeneral Law of Capitalist Accumulation\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nPart VIII: Primitive Accumulation\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nCh. 26: \u003ca href=\"ch26.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nSecret of Primitive Accumulation\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 27: \u003ca href=\"ch27.htm\"\u003eExpropriation\r\nof the Agricultural Population from the Land\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 28: \u003ca href=\"ch28.htm\"\u003eBloody\r\nLegislation against the Expropriated, from the End of the 15th Century.\r\nForcing down of Wages by Acts of Parliament\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 29: \u003ca href=\"ch29.htm\"\u003eGenesis\r\nof the Capitalist Farmer\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 30: \u003ca href=\"ch30.htm\"\u003eReaction\r\nof the Agricultural Revolution on Industry. Creation of the Home-Market\r\nfor Industrial Capital\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 31: \u003ca href=\"ch31.htm\"\u003eGenesis\r\nof the Industrial Capitalist\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 32: \u003ca href=\"ch32.htm\"\u003eHistorical\r\nTendency of Capitalist Accumulation\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCh. 33: \u003ca href=\"ch33.htm\"\u003eThe\r\nModern Theory of Colonisation\u003c/a\u003e\r\n\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nAppendix to the First German Edition: \u003ca href=\"appendix.htm\"\u003eThe Value-Form\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nSee \u003ca href=\"index-l.htm\"\u003eFull table of contents listing\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\r\nSee \u003ca href=\"http://www.mlwerke.de/me/me23/me23_000.htm\" target=\"_top\"\u003eoriginal German language text\u003c/a\u003e at \u003ci\u003eMLWerke\u003c/i\u003e, and \r\n\u003ca href=\"../1864/economic/index.htm\"\u003e\u0026#8220;Unpublished Sixth Chapter of \u003ci\u003eCapital\u003c/i\u003e\u0026#8221;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n \r\n\u003chr /\u003e\n \u003c/article\u003e"}],"SectionSequence":["Back Link","Work Title","Deck","Author","Period","Era","Composition","Date Note","Region","Terra Avita","Terra Avita Region","Modern Country","Original Title","Language","Primary Discipline","Secondary Discipline","Tradition","Full Versions","Core Thesis","Classification","Arguments","Influence","Significance","Evidence Note","Full Text"],"Counts":{"ContextCards":3,"GeoCards":4,"DisciplineCards":2,"Links":11,"Sections":25,"Styles":3,"Scripts":1}}