num_pages: 272
description: How the emergence of class-divided society gave rise to repressive state bodies and family structures that protect the property of the ruling layers and enable them to pass along wealth and privilege. Engels discusses the consequences for working people of these class institutions from their original forms to their modern versions.Also available in French &amp; Spanish.
language: English
title: The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
titlecomplete: The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
genres: Theory, Anthropology, Politics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Feminism, Economics, Classics, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 5984
publisher: Pathfinder Press