title: The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (Penguin Classics)
author:  Friedrich Engels 
description: Friedrich Engels was born in 1820. In 1842 Engels went to Manchester to represent the family firm. Relationships there inspired the famous The Condition of the Working Class in England in 1844. Collaboration with Marx began in 1844 and in 1847 he composed the first drafts of the Manifesto. After Marx's death, he prepared the unfinished volumes of Capital for publication. He died in 1895. Dr Tristram Hunt is one of Britain's best known young historians. Educated at Cambridge and Chicago Universities, he is lecturer in British history at Queen Mary, University of London and author of several books. A leading historical broadcaster, he has authored numerous series for the BBC and Channel 4. A regular contributor to The Times, The Guardian and The Observer, he is a Trustee of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
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  by Eleanor Burke Leacock 
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  THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE 
  PROPERTY AND THE STATE 
  
  THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, 
  PRIVATE PROPERTY 
  AND THE STATE 
  In the Light of the Researches of Lewis H. Morgan 
  by FREDERICK ENGELS 
  With an Introduction and Notes by 
  Eleanor Burke Leacock 
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  1973 b 
  As 
  Professor of Anthroplogy, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn 
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  The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Frederick 
  Engels copyright © by International Publishers Co., Inc., 1942, 1970; 
  Introduction and notes by Eleanor Burke Leacock copyright © by 
  International Publishers Co., Inc., 1972. 
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  First Edition, 1972 
  This printing, 1993 
  Publisher’s Note 
  The text of The Origin of the Family is essentially the English t