Karl Marx on Society and Social Change

Introduction by Neil J. Smelser
Notes on Reproduction and Editing
I. The Structure of Society
1. The Material Basis of Society
2. The Basis of Consciousness
3. The Basis of Religion
4. The Basis of Classes
5. The Basis of State
6. The Basis of the Family
I. The Economic Origins of Monogamy
II. The Effects of Machinery on the Family Life of the Factory Worker
III. The Effects of Machinery on Family Life in the Domestic Industries
IV. The Family under Capitalism and Communism
II. The Sweep of Historical Change
7. Precapitalist Stages of Development
8. Capitalism's Conquest
9. The Nature of Communism
III. The Mechanisms of Change
10. Competition and Its Effects on the Various Classes
11. The Capitalist's Search for Economies, and the Effects of Economies on Labor
12. Capital Accumulation and the Creation of an Industrial Reserve Army
13. Economic Crises and Their Effects on Workers
14. The Internationalization of Capitalism and Its Ramifications
I. India
II. China
15. The Historical Specifics of the Class Struggle
I. The Conflict between Machinery and Workmen
II. Class and Political Conflict in France, 1848-51
III. Class and Political Conflict in Germany, 1848-51
16. The Transition to Communist Society
Index