THE
Conquest of Bread
By PETER KROPOTKIN
Author of "Fields, Factories, and Workshops"
"The Memoirs of a Revolutionist," Etc.
New York
VANGUARD PRESS
MCMXXVI
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE MAN (1842-1921):
Prince Peter Alexeivitch Kropotkin, revolutionary and scientist, wasdescended from the old Russian nobility, but decided, at the age ofthirty, to throw in his lot with the social rebels not only of his owncountry, but of the entire world. He became the intellectual leader ofAnarchist-Communism; took part in the labor movement; wrote many booksand pamphlets; established Le Révolté in Geneva and Freedom inLondon; contributed to the Encyclopedia Britannica; was twiceimprisoned because of his radical activities; and twice visited America.After the Bolshevist revolution he returned to Russia, kept himselfapart from Soviet activities, and died true to his ideals.
THE BOOK:
The Conquest of Bread is a revolutionary idyl, a beautiful outlinesketch of a future society based on liberty, equality and fraternity. Itis, in Kropotkin's own words, "a study of the needs of humanity, and ofthe economic means to satisfy them." Read in conjunction with the sameauthor's "Fields, Factories and Workshops," it meets all thedifficulties of the social inquirer who says: "The Anarchist ideal isalluring, but how could you work it out?"