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The Conquest of Bread

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Conquest of Bread
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Kropotkin
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9780141396118
ClassificationsDewey:335.83
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication Date 25 June 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A major addition to Penguin Classics - one of the great anarchist texts 'Well-being for all is not a dream.' In this brilliantly enjoyable, challenging rallying-cry of a book, Kropotkin lays out the heart of his anarchist beliefs - beliefs which surged around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and which have a renewed relevance and poignancy today. Humane, thoughtful - but also a devastating critique of how modern society is organized (with the brutal, narrow few clinging onto their wealth and privileges at the expense of the many), The Conquest of Bread is a book to be argued over, again and again.

Author Biography

Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) came from a major aristocratic Russian family but turned his back on it to embrace a life of imprisonment and exile in pursuit of his beliefs. His major works are The Conquest of Bread and Mutual Aid. His funeral was marked by the last permitted gathering of anarchists in the USSR.