Kropotkin 'The Conquest of Bread' and Other Writings [Hardcover]

An edition of Kropotkin's major work plus several of his shorter writings.Peter Kropotkin's most detailed description of the ideal society embodies anarchist communism and the social revolution that was to achieve it. This edition's introduction traces his evolution as an anarchist, from his origins in Russian aristocracy to his disillusionment with the Russian Revolution.Peter Kropotkin's most detailed description of the ideal society embodies anarchist communism and the social revolution that was to achieve it. This edition's introduction traces his evolution as an anarchist, from his origins in Russian aristocracy to his disillusionment with the Russian Revolution.The Conquest of Bread is Peter Kropotkin's most detailed description of the ideal society, embodying anarchist communism, and of the social revolution that was to achieve it. Marshall Shatz's introduction to this edition traces Kropotkin's evolution as an anarchist, from his origins in the Russian aristocracy to his disillusionment with the Russian Revolution. The volume also includes a number of his shorter writings, including a hitherto untranslated chapter from his classic Memoirs of a Revolutionist.Introduction; Principal events in Kropotkin's life; Bibliographical note; Biographical synopses; 1. The Conquest of Bread; 2. 'Western Europe', from Memoirs of a Revolutionist; 3. 'Anarchism', from The Encyclopaedia Britannica; 4. Kropotkin on the Russian Revolution; Index.