The Conquest of Bread (Black Rose Books)

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Peter Kropotkin: The Conquest of Bread (Black Rose Books) (Hardcover, 1990, Black Rose Books)

Hardcover, 235 pages

English language

Published June 7, 1990 by Black Rose Books.

ISBN:
978-0-921689-51-5
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The Conquest of Bread (French: La Conquête du Pain; Russian: Хлѣбъ и воля, tr. Khleb i volja, "Bread and Freedom"; Хлеб и воля in contemporary spelling), also known colloquially as The Bread Book, is an 1892 book by the Russian anarcho-communist Peter Kropotkin. Originally written in French, it first appeared as a series of articles in the anarchist journal Le Révolté. It was first published in Paris with a preface by Élisée Reclus, who also suggested the title. Between 1892 and 1894, it was serialized in part in the London journal Freedom, of which Kropotkin was a co-founder. In the work, Kropotkin points out what he considers to be the defects of the economic systems of feudalism and capitalism and why he believes they thrive on and maintain poverty and scarcity. He goes on to propose a more decentralized economic system based on mutual aid and voluntary cooperation, asserting that …

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Subjects

  • Anarchism
  • Politics / Current Events
  • Politics/International Relations
  • General
  • Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism
  • Political Science / General
  • Communism & Socialism
  • Political Science
  • Politics - Current Events