Karl Marx's articles in the New York Daily Tribune constitute a separate genre among his works, being originally published in English and based on events in various countries in the world. There is no doubt that the work Marx undertook for his Tribune articles not only influenced his later theoretical work (one major result being his incorporation of colonialism as a factor in the genesis and expansion of capitalism), but also gave him an opportunity to apply the general principles of his method of historical materialism to the study of complex circumstances prevalent in different parts of the world. The perception of pre-colonial and colonial India that he put forth in the Tribune is a classic product of such application. The sheer boldness of Marx's explanation of India's pre-colonial 'non-history'; the remarkable insight into the nature of colonial rule which made it so different from all previous conquests of the country; the lucidity of the exposition of the dialectics of colonial impact; the passionate sympathy for the suffering of the Indians, and, at the same time, the utterly dispassionate account of the historical course that opened up before the country, entirely independent of the will and consciousness of the colonial rulers themselves; all these combine to make the Tribune set of articles a real classic on Indian history. Iqbal Husain has established the text of Marx's articles from the original files of the newspaper in which they appeared. He has also collected the extracts relating to India from the Marx-Engels correspondence during the period of the articles. Prabhat Patnaik has written a special Appreciation of what Marx's articles on India add to our understanding of his ideas and approach.


Table of Contents;
Abbreviations ;
Acknowledgements ;
Prefatory Note
Iqbal Husain
Introduction: Marx's Perception of India
Irfan Habib
Appreciation: The Other Marx
Prabhat Patnaik

New York Daily Tribune 1853
June
India;
Revolution in China and in Europe;
Sir Charles Wood's East Indian Reforms ;
The British Rule in India ;
July
India ;
The East India Company -- Its History and
Results;
The Indian Question;
The Government of India;
The East India Question;
War in Burma;
August
India
The Future Results of British Rule in
India;
October
Railway Construction in India;
New York Daily Tribune 1855
February
The Late British Government ;
Frederick Engels;
New York Daily Tribune 1857
April
Whose Atrocities?
July
The Revolt in the Indian Army;
August
The Revolt in India ;
The Indian Question;
Indian News ;
State of the Indian Insurrection ;
The Indian Insurrection;
September
Despatch of Troops to India ;
The Revolt in India ;
The Indian Revolt;
Investigation of Tortures in India;
British Incomes in India;
October
The Revolt in India;
The Revolt in India;
The Revolt in India;
November
The Revolt in India ;
December
The Capture of Delhi (by Frederick Engels);
New York Daily Tribune 1858
January
The Siege and Storming of Lucknow (by
Frederick Engels);
February
The Relief of Lucknow (by Frederick
Engels);
The Approaching Indian Loan ;
Windham's Defeat (by Frederick Engels) ;
April
British Atrocities in India ;
Scheme for the Administration of India ;
The Fall of Lucknow (by Frederick Engels) ;

May
How Lucknow Was Taken (by Frederick
Engels);
The Annexation of Oude ;
June
Lord Canning's Proclamation and Land ;
Tenure in India;
After the Fall of Lucknow (by Frederick
Engels);
The British Army in India (by Frederick
Engels);
July
The Indian Army (by Frederick Engels);
Taxation in India ;
The Indian Bill;
August
Transport of Troops to India (by
Frederick Engels);
September
History of the Opium Trade [1]
History of the Opium Trade [2]
October
The Revolt in India (by Frederick Engels);
New York Daily Tribune 1859
April
Great Trouble in Indian Finance ;
August
British Commerce;
October and December
Trade with China;
New York Daily Tribune 1860
July
British Commerce ;
August
Army in India, Commerce;
The New Sardinian, French and Indian Loans ;
September
British Commerce;
New York Daily Tribune 1861;
October
The British Cotton Trade ;
November
The Intervention in Mexico ;
Appendices
Unsigned Articles in the New York Daily
Tribune, 1853--58, not established to be
Karl Marx
Supplement
Letters of Marx and Engels, 1852--62:
Excerpts Relating to India
References to India in Other Writings of Karl
Marx and Frederick Engels;
Compiled
Irfan Habib
Bibliography;
Index .