Das Kapital Allusions & Cultural References

When authors refer to other great works, people, and events, it’s usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.

Literary and Philosophical References

  • Karl Marx, Zur Kritik der Politischen Ökonomie (1.1.1)
  • Nicholas Barbob, A Discourse on Coining the New Money Lighter. In Answer to Mr. Locke's Considerations etc. (1.1.2)
  • John Locke, 'Some Considerations on the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest' (1.1.4)
  • Le Trosne, De l'intérêt social (1.1.5)
  • Sauel Butler, Hudibras (1.1.5)
  • William Jacob, An Historical Enquiry into the Production and Consumption of the Precious Metals (1.1.17)
  • H. A. M. Merivale, Lectures on Colonization and Colonies (1.1.17)
  • Pietro Verri, Meditazionai sulla economia politica (1.2.7)
  • William Petty, A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions (1.2.7)
  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Philosophie des Rechts (1.2.10)
  • Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (1.2.16)
  • William Shakespeare, Henry IV (1.3.2)
  • S. Bailey, Money and Its Vicissitudes (1.3.8)
  • Benjamin Franklin, The Works of B. Franklin etc. (1.3.12)
  • Sir William Petty (1.3.12)
  • J. Broadhurst, Political Economy (1.3.24)
  • Aristotle (1.3.36-40)
  • F. L. A. Ferrier, Du gouvernement considéré dans ses rapports avec le commerce (1.3.41)
  • Charles Ganilh, Des systèmes d'économie politique (1.3.41)
  • H. D. Macleod (1.3.41)
  • Homer, Iliad (1.3.46)
  • S. Bailey, A Critical Dissertation on the Nature, Measure, and Causes of Value (1.3.46)
  • David Ricardo (1.3.46)
  • Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1.3.63)
  • Gray (1.3.63)
  • Bray (1.3.63)
  • Georg Ludwig von Maurer, Einleitung zur Geschichte der Mark-, Hof, usw (1.4.2)
  • Galiani, Della Moneta (1.4.8)
  • Friedrich Engels, Umrisse zu einer Kritik der Nationalökonomie (1.4.9)
  • David Ricardo, The Principles of Political Economy (1.4.17)
  • Mercier de la Rivière, L'Ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques (4.5)
  • James Steuart, Works, etc. (4.10)
  • Th. Corbet, An Inquiry into the Causes and Modes of the Wealth of Individuals (4.15)
  • MacCulloch, A Dictionary, Practical etc, of Commerce (4.15)
  • Pinto, Traité de la circulation et du crédit (4.15)
  • Aristotle, De Republica (4.17)
  • T. Chalmers, On Political Economy etc. (4.18)
  • A. Genovesi, Lezioni di economia civile (4.18)
  • J. B. Say, Traité d'économie politique (4.19)
  • Macleod, The Theory and Practice of Banking (4.19)
  • James Mill, Elements of Political Ecnomy (4.19)
  • Sismondi, Nouveaux Principes d'économie politique (4.22)
  • Mommsen, History of Rome (6.3)
  • Hobbes, Leviathan (6.10)
  • Mommsen, Römische Geschichte (6.11)
  • W. T. Thornton, Over-Population and Its Remedy (6.11)
  • R. Torrens, An Essay on the External Corn Trade (6.12)
  • Rossi, Cours d'économie politique (6.17)
  • Storch, Cours d'économie politique (6.19)
  • James Steuart, Principles of Political Economy (7.1.4)
  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel,, Enzyklopädie, Erster Theil, Die Logik (7.1.5)
  • Turgot, Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses (7.1.5)
  • A. Cherbuliez (7.1.11)
  • R. Torrens, An Essay on the Production of Wealth (7.1.21)
  • A. Cherbuliez, Richesse ou pauvreté (7.1.25)
  • Martin Luther, An die Pfarrherrn, wider den Wucher zu predigen (7.2.21)
  • J. E. Cairnes, The Slave Power (7.2.28)
  • F. L. Olmsted, A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States (7.2.28)
  • S. Laing, National Distress etc. (7.2.31)
  • James Mill, Supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica (7.2.31)
  • J. G. Courcelle-Seneuil, Traité théorique et pratique des entreprises industrielles (10.1.5)
  • N. Linguet, Théorie des lois civiles (10.1.5)
  • Niebuhr, Roman History (10.2.1)
  • Diodorus Siculus, Historische Bibliothek (10.2.1)
  • Maurer, Fronhöfe (10.2.4)
  • Meitzen, Der Boden des Preussischen Staates (10.2.4)
  • Hanssen, Leibeigenschaft in Schleswig-Holstein (10.2.4)
  • É. Regnault, Histoire politique et sociale des principautées danubiennes (10.2.5)
  • J. von Liebig, Die Chemie in ihrer Anwedung auf Agrikultur und Physiologie (10.2.6)
  • Fredrich Engels, Die Lage der arbeitended Klasse in England (10.2.8)
  • John Wade, History of the Middle and Working Classes (10.3.1)
  • F. M. Eden, The State of the Poor (10.3.1)
  • George Read, The History of Baking (10.3.15)
  • Dr. W. Strange, Health (10.4.2)
  • John Ward, The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent (10.5.5)
  • E. G. Wakefield, England and America (10.5.8)
  • J. B. Byles, Sophisms of Free Trade (10.5.10)
  • W. Petty, Political Anatomy of Ireland (10.5.10)
  • Macaulay, History of England (10.5.10)
  • Malacy Postlethwayt, Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce and Great Britain's Commercial Interest Explained and Improved (10.5.11)
  • Jacob Vanderlint, Money Answers All Things (10.5.11)
  • Nathaniel Forster, An Enquiry into the Causes of the Present High Price of Provisions (10.5.11)
  • R. H. Greg, The Factory Question and the Ten Hours' Bill (10.6.31)
  • Tooke, History of Prices (10.6.38)
  • Ure, Philosophie des manufactures (10.7.3)
  • A. Blanqui, Cours d'économie industrielle, recueilli par A. Blaise (14.1.3)
  • Thomas Hodgskin, Popular Political Economy (14.2.1)
  • Diodorus Siculus, Historische Bibliothek (14.2.2)
  • H. Murray and J. Wilson, Historical and Descriptive Account of British India (14.2.2)
  • C. Babbage, On the Economy of Machinery (14.3.8)
  • Berkeley, The Querist (10.4.6)
  • A. Ferguson, History of Civil Society (10.4.6)
  • B. de Mandeville, Fable of the Bees (10.4.7)
  • Thomas Hodgskin, Labour Defended against the Claims of Capital (14.4.7)
  • Mark Wilks, Historical Sketches of the South of India (14.4.9)
  • George Campbell, Modern India (14.4.9)
  • T. Stamford Raffles, The History of Java (14.4.9)
  • D. Urquhart, Familiar Words (14.5.8)
  • Cesare Beccaria, Elementi di economia pubblica (14.5.11)
  • James Harris, Dialogue Concerning Happiness (14.5.11)
  • Plato, Republic (14.5.11)
  • Homer, Odyssey (14.5.11)
  • Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (14.5.11)
  • Xenophon, Cyropaedia (14.5.11)
  • Isocrates, Busiris (14.5.11)

Historical References

  • Henry IV (1.3.17)
  • Robert Owen (1.4.12)
  • Epicurus (1.4.16)
  • J. B. Say (1.4.17)
  • M. Bastiat (1.4.17)
  • Pindar (4.15)
  • Emperor Maximilian (6.3)
  • Jeremy Bentham (6.22)
  • Benjamin Franklin (7.1.5)
  • Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (7.1.21)
  • General P. D. Kiselev (10.2.4)
  • Jean Baptiste Alphonse Chevallier (10.3.12)
  • Fourier (10.6.31)
  • Robert Owen (10.7.3)
  • Charles Darwin (14.2.4)
  • Adam Smith (14.3.11)
  • Menenius Agrippa (14.5.2)

Pop Culture References

  • Robinson Crusoe (1.4.12)
  • Dogberry (1.4.23) From Shakespeare
  • Seacoal (1.4.23) From Shakespeare