Capital pt IV ch. 15; Marx, 1867 — Ref #9.6

Sixth part of the audiobook of Capital Volume 1 by Karl Marx. This section: Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus-Value — chapter 15 (i.e. the rest of part IV). Read online https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ Figures mentioned can be found within the following sections: §5 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm#S5 Summarised below, the UK-wide result of mechanical improvements in the cotton industry due to the USA civil war. 1857 | 1861 | 1868 Factories: 2,210 | 2,887 | 2,549 Power looms: 298,847 | 399,992 | 379,329 Spindles: 28.01m | 30.39m | 32.00m Employed: 379,213 | 451,569 | 401,064 §7 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm#S7 Summarised, grain etc. UK imports/exports: Years: 1831–35 | 1836–40 | 1841–45 | 1846–50 | 1851–55 | 1856–60 | 1861–65 | 1866 Import: 1.10mn | 2.39mn | 2.84mn | 8.78mn | 8.35mn | 10.91mn | 15.01mn | 16.46mn Export: 0.23mn | 0.25mn | 0.14mn | 0.16mn | 0.31mn | 0.34mn | 0.30mn | 0.22mn Excess: 0.87mn | 2.14mn | 2.70mn | 8.62mn | 8.04mn | 10.57mn | 14.71mn | 16.24mn Population: 24.62mn | 25.93mn | 27.26mn | 27.80mn | 27.57mn | 28.39mn | 29.38mn | 29.94mn Corn/head: 0.036 | 0.082 | 0.099 | 0.310 | 0.291 | 0.372 | 0.501 | 0.543 §8C https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch15.htm#S8c Chief medical officer gave evidence of impacts of industries on health: Industry & # employed | Deaths/100,000 by age: 25–35 | 35–45 | 45–55 Agriculture (E&W), 958,265 employed | 743 | 805 | 1,145 London tailors, 22,301 men + 12,379 women | 958 | 1,262 | 2,093 London printers, 13,803 employed | 894 | 1,747 | 2,367 Study notes at https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2021-09-03/marxs-capital-volume-1-12-week-course Contents: Part IV: Production of Relative Surplus-Value Chapter 15: Machinery and Modern Industry Section 1 : The Development of Machinery Section 2: The Value Transferred by Machinery to the Product Section 3: The Proximate Effects of Machinery on the Workman Section 4: The Factory Section 5: The Strife Between Workman and Machine Section 6: The Theory of Compensation as Regards the Workpeople Displaced by Machinery Section 7: Repulsion and Attraction of Workpeople by the Factory System. Crises in the Cotton Trade Section 8: Revolution Effected in Manufacture, Handicrafts, and Domestic Industry by Modern Industry Section 9: The Factory Acts. Sanitary and Educational Clauses of the same. Their General Extension in England Section 10: Modern Industry and Agriculture Otto Rühle's abridged version at https://workersliberty.org/capital-abridgement Sixth part of #9 of Marxist points of reference reading list: https://workersliberty.org/story/2026-01-28/marxist-points-reference-reading-list Playlist of recordings from that list at https://soundcloud.com/workers-liberty/sets/marxist-points-of-reference-a Subscribe to the podcast "Solidarity & more" by "Workers' Liberty" wherever you listen to podcasts. More info: https://workersliberty.org/audio Music and audiobook (Andrew S. Rightenburg) public domain