Marx for beginners - Softcover

Rius; Richard Appignanesi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0904613275 ISBN 13: 9780904613278

Publisher: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative (Society Ltd), 1976

Synopsis

Explains the historical background, philosophic precedents, and political tenets of Marxism in a cartoon format

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Review

-A superb little book in a most improbable format....I recommend it unreservedly for anyone who wants the rudiments of Marx from an engaging mentor....Rius on Marx is magnificent. He shows that pictures can amplify ideas, and that simplicity need not forgo subtlety.-
New York Times Book Review

"A superb little book in a most improbable format....I recommend it unreservedly for anyone who wants the rudiments of Marx from an engaging mentor....Rius on Marx is magnificent. He shows that pictures can amplify ideas, and that simplicity need not forgo subtlety."

New York Times Book Review

About the Author

RIUS is the pseudonym of Eduardo del Rio, the internationally acclaimed Mexican caricaturist and editorial cartoonist whose innovative work established a new field in comic strips: the political and documentary cartoon-book. He was chosen Best Editorial Cartoonist in Mexico in 1959, and in 1968 he received the Grand Prize of the International Salon of Caricature in Montreal. He currently lives and works in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative (Society Ltd)
• Publication date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0904613275
• ISBN 13: 9780904613278
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1