(a) Summarize the view of world history which Marx and Engels present in the Communist Manifesto. (b) Discuss how this relates to and/or compares with the material presented in other readings in the course (Brazier; Toropov & Buckles; Crossan; biographies of Jefferson, Lincoln, Churchill and Mao; other material you have found in encyclopedia articles in the library). (c) In doing this, indicate what you feel are strengths and/or limitations of the view presented in the Manifesto. (d) Finally, relate the material you have discussed, and the conclusions you have drawn to our own time.
