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The Preface was originally published in the online web journal The Commoner, Issue 05, Autumn 2002.
Appendix 1 was previously published in Teoria kryzysu jako teoria walki klas (Poznań: Wydawnictwo A+, 2017).
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Names: Cleaver, Harry, 1944- author.
Title: The fragile juggernaut : Marx & Engels on capitalism, class struggle and crisis / by Harry Cleaver.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024] | Series: Studies in political economy of global labor and work, 2667-288X ; volume 6 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024030807 (print) | LCCN 2024030808 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004708365 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004708631 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Financial crises–Philosophy. | Financial crises–Europe–History–19th century. | Capitalism–Social aspects–Europe. | Marx, Karl, 1818-1883. | Engels, Friedrich, 1820-1895. | Marxian economics.
Classification: LCC HB3714. C58 2024 (print) | LCC HB3714 (ebook) | DDC 338.5/42–dc23/eng/20240801
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ISSN 2667-288X
ISBN 978-90-04-70836-5 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004708631
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