本书作为我社“最经典英语文库”第13辑中的一种，精选马克思的经典著作《资本论》，全书共三卷，以剩余价值为中心，对资本主义进行了彻底的批判。第一卷研究了资本的生产过程，分析了剩余价值的生产问题。第二卷在资本生产过程的基础上研究了资本的流通过程，分析了剩余价值的实现问题。第三卷讲述了资本主义生产的总过程，分别研究了资本和剩余价值的具体形式。这一卷讲述的内容达到了资本的生产过程、流通过程和分配过程的高度统一，分析了剩余价值的分配问题。

卡尔·马克思（1818—1883），伟大的政治家、哲学家、经济学家、革命理论家，马克思主义创始人和无产阶级的精神领袖，对当代世界影响最大的几位重要人物之一。一生著述甚丰，《资本论》和《共产党宣言》是其代表作。马克思的历史唯物论极其著名，他据此认为几千年以来，人类发展史上最大的矛盾就在于不同阶级之间的利益掠夺。时至今日，他的诸多观点仍在影响着世界政冶和经济局势。

PART 1: COMMODITIES AND MONEY
CHAPTER 1: COMMODITIES / 3
CHAPTER 2: EXCHANGE / 71
CHAPTER 3: MONEY, OR THE CIRCULATION OF
COMMODITIES / 85
PART 2: TRANSFORMATION OF MONEY INTO CAPITAL
CHAPTER 4： THE GENERAL FORMULA FOR
CAPITAL / 163
CHAPTER 5: CONTRADICTIONS IN THE
GENERAL FORMULA OF CAPITAL / 177
CHAPTER 6: THE BUYING AND SELLING OF
LABOUR-POWER / 194
PART 3: THE PRODUCTION OF
ABSOLUTE SURPLUS-VALUE
CHAPTER 7: THE LABOUR-PROCESS AND
THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING
SURPLUS-VALUE / 211
CHAPTER 8: CONSTANT CAPITAL AND
VARIABLE CAPITAL / 242
CHAPTER 9: THE RATE OF
SURPLUS-VALUE / 259
CHAPTER 10: THE WORKING DAY/285
CHAPTER 11: RATE AND MASS OF
SURPLUS-VALUE / 388
PART 4: PRODUCTION OF RELATIVE
SURPLUS-VALUE
CHAPTER 12: THE CONCEPT OF RELATIVE
SURPLUS-VALUE / 403
CHAPTER 13: CO-OPERATION / 417
CHAPTER 14: DIVISION OF LABOUR AND
MANUFACTURE / 438
CHAPTER 15: MACHINERY AND MODERN
INDUSTRY / 487
PART 5: PRODUCTION OF ABSOLUTE
AND RELATIVE SURPLUS-VALUE
CHAPTER 16: ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE
SURPLUS-VALUE / 685
CHAPTER 17: CHANGES OF MAGNITUDE IN
THE PRICE OF LABOUR-POWER AND IN
SURPLUS-VALUE / 700
CHAPTER 18: VARIOUS FORMULA FOR
THE RATE OF SURPLUS-VALUE / 717
PART 6: WAGES
CHAPTER 19: THE TRANSFORMATION OF
THE VALUE (AND RESPECTIVE PRICE)
OF LABOUR-POWER INTO WAGES / 725
CHAPTER 20: TIME-WAGES / 736
CHAPTER 21: PIECE WAGES / 747
CHAPTER 22: NATIONAL DIFFERENCES OF
WAGES / 759
PART 7: THE ACCUMULATION+ OF CAPITAL
CHAPTER 23: SIMPLE REPRODUCTION / 771
CHAPTER 24: CONVERSION OF SURPLUS-
VALUE INTO CAPITAL / 790
CHAPTER 25: THE GENERAL LAW OF
CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION / 839
PART 8: PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION
CHAPTER 26: THE SECRET OF PRIMITIVE
ACCUMULATION / 983
CHAPTER 27: EXPROPRIATION OF THE
AGRICULTURAL POPULATION FROM
THE LAND / 988
CHAPTER 28: BLOODY LEGISLATION AGAINST
THE EXPROPRIATED, FROM THE END
OF THE 15TH CENTURY. FORCING DOWN
OF WAGES BY ACTS OF PARLIAMENT / 1013
CHAPTER 29: GENESIS OF THE CAPITALIST
FARMER / 1025
CHAPTER 30: REACTION OF THE AGRICULTURAL
REVOLUTION ON INDUSTRY. CREATION OF
THE HOME-MARKET FOR INDUSTRIAL
CAPITAL / 1029
CHAPTER 31: THE GENESIS OF THE
INDUSTRIAL CAPITALIST / 1036
CHAPTER 32: HISTORICAL TENDENCY
OF CAPITALIST ACCUMULATION / 1052
CHAPTER 33: THE MODERN THEORY
OF COLONISATION / 1057