Life, Work and Legacy of Friedrich Engels

Eberhard Illner is a historian and archivist who worked at the Federal Archives Koblenz, Germany. He was Director of the Engels-Haus Museum in Wuppertal, Germany from 2008 until his retirement in 2018.Hans A. Frambach is Professor of Economics at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.Norbert Koubek is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economic Sciences and the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceIntroduction1. ‘My Immortal Works’: Friedrich Engels as a Journalist and Publicist Jürgen Herres (Independent Scholar, Germany)2. Engels on Marx: Biography as Politics of History Wilfried Nippel (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)3. Friedrich Engels and European Social Democracy Günther Chaloupek (Independent Scholar, Austria)4. Man and Machine: Engels, Marx and Ernst Kapp on Technological Ideas Eberhard Illner (University of Wuppertal, Germany)5. ‘The General’ as Admiral: Friedrich Engels and the Debates on Naval Warfare and Tactics Kurt Möser (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)6. The Promised Land? Engels, the United States and the Future of Capitalism James M. Brophy (University of Delaware, USA)7. The Transformation of the World: Engels and 19th-Century Developments in Productive Forces Werner Plumpe (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)8. The Revolution of Labour: Engels and the Change in Working Conditions in Manchester and London Margrit Schulte Beerbühl (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany)9. Engels and the Economic Thinking of the Time Hans A. Frambach (University of Wuppertal, Germany)10. ‘Oh Frederic, Oh Frederic…’: Engels, Marx and the Critique of Political Economy Heinz D. Kurz (University of Graz, Austria)11. The Capital as a Repair Case? Friedrich Engels and the Publication of Volumes 2 and 3 of Karl Marx’s Capital Regina Roth (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany)12. Labour and Companies: Historical and Present Trends Norbert Koubek (University of Wuppertal, Germany)Conclusion: Engels in his Time Jürgen Kocka (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany)Appendix: The Writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels – On EditionsNotesBibliographyIndex

Through the diversity of its contributions, this volume clearly shows the value of bringing Engels out of the 'shadow' of his illustrious friend.