This site explains the history of communism throughout the world. Looks at the principles of Marxism and communism, Karl Marx, and major communist political victories around the world.

Spanning three centuries of history, from the dawn of the industrial age to modern times, three diverse thinkers developed their own landmark theories on commerce, labor, and the global economy. The three economists profiled in this...

This page, from a glossary of figures important in the intellectual history of Marxism, features brief biographies of James Ramsay MacDonald to Karl Marx (and members of his family) to Guiseppe Mazzini.

Taken directly from the writing of Marx, Engels and Lenin, this entry from the Marxists Internet Archive also includes explanation of the quotations. Very detailed, it will require some sophistication on the part of the reader. Gives an...

This site from the Marxists Internet Archive provides a detailed explanation including quotations from Engels and Marx, as well as explication. Links defining terms are helpful, as is the suggested further reading link.

This section of the text looks at how workers, owners, and the government responded differently to the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. The Luddites rebelled against industrialization. Robert Owen, a wealthy socialist,...