The Conquest of Bread by kniaz Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
"The Conquest of Bread" by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin is a book published in 1892. Originally appearing as articles in the French anarchist journal Le Révolté, this work critiques feudalism and capitalism while proposing a decentralized economic system based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation. Kropotkin argues that modern industrial society produces enough for everyone's needs and envisions a world where people work minimal hours while enjoying both necessities and luxuries through collective
production. The book became a foundational text of anarchist communist theory. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kniaz, 1842-1921 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 28002057 |
| Title | The Conquest of Bread |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conquest_of_Bread |
| Credits | Steven desJardins, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 53.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HX: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism |
| Subject | Communism |
| Subject | Anarchism |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 23428 |
| Release Date | Nov 9, 2007 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 21, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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