The proletariat never existed—but it had a profound effect on modern German culture and society. As the most radicalized part of the industrial working class,

The proletariat never existed—but it had a profound effect on modern German culture and society. As the most radicalized part of the industrial working class,

Introduction -- People, poverty, politics, and posters -- Nature and transformation -- Production and mechanization -- Women hold up half the sky -- Serve the p

This book argues that British proletarian literature was a politicised form of modernism which culturally transformed Britain.

The Bolsheviks took power in Russia 1917 armed with an ideology centered on the power of the worker. From the beginning, however, Soviet leaders also realized t