Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One The Democratic Urge and Commencement of a Revolutionary Partnership The Quest for Democratic Rule The Partnership Begins Chapter Two From Theory to Practice: Toward a Communist Party Preparing for Revolution The Communist League Chapter Three The Revolutions of 1848-1849: Participating in the "Real Movement" Prelude to Revolution The Revolution Begins The Return to Germany The June Revolution Toward the People's Alliance Chapter Four The End of the Revolutionary Upsurge and the Lessons of Struggle From Revolution to Counterrevolution The Lessons of Revolution Chapter Five Interpreting the 1848-1851 Events in France: Marx and Engels versus Tocqueville Marx and Engels versus Their Contemporaries Marx and Engels versus Tocqueville Chapter Six Political Adjustments to the Long Lull in the Class Struggle The Communist League: An "episode in the history of a party" Preparing for the Next Upsurge Chapter Seven A New Revolutionary Era and the Birth of the First International Precursors of Organized Political Activity The First International: "A Mighty Engine at Our Disposal" Conclusions Chapter Eight The First International: From Brussels to the Paris Commune The Breadth of the Marx Party Activities The Franco-Prussian War and the Paris Commune Conclusions Chapter Nine The First International: The Final Years and Legacy The Fight for Programmatic Integrity The International's Legacy Conclusions Chapter Ten Engels and Revolutionary Continuity The Strategy and Tactics of Party Building Toward a New International Engels's Contribution: An Assessment Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
August H. Nimtz, Jr. is Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Islam and Politics in East Africa: The Sufi Order in Tanzania.
"Marx and Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough, by August Nimtz, Jr., is an exciting and thorough account of the struggle for democracy in Europe, one that places Marx and Engels at its forefront." - International Socialist Review "Nimtz has set out to change the way we think about Marx and Engels's place in history by asking not just what they said and wrote, but how this related to what they actually did, and studying this practical side of their work in detail-something which has been surprisingly neglected. It is an original and timely book. Whether or not one accepts the claim that Marx and Engels played the leading role in the ultimately successful struggle for democracy, contrary to the opposite claim of so many 'marxologists,' Nimtz has made a very powerful case for it." - Colin Leys, coeditor of The Communist Manifesto Now; Socialist Register 1998 "Marx and Engels's signal contribution to the 'democratic breakthrough' in the nineteenth century is massively documented and keenly argued in this book. I was interested in and impressed by the comparative analysis of Tocqueville and Marx-Engels-it is vigorously but lucidly written." - Herbert G. Reid, University of Kentucky
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