Das Kapital and preparatory work (especially regarding the theory of surplus value), the first volume appeared in 1867 as "The Production Process of Capital". After Marx's death in 1883, from manuscripts and the first volume Engels introduced Volume II: "The Circulation Process of Capital" in 1885; and Volume III: "The Overall Process of Capitalist Production" in 1894. These three volumes are collectively known as "Das Kapital". "Capital, Volume I" (1867) is a critical analysis of political economy, meant to reveal the contradictions of the capitalist mode of production, how it was the precursor of the socialist mode of production and of the
Biographies of Karl Marx / New York: John Wiley & Sons.[3] Originally published as part of a series "Modern Sociologists". Reissued 1963. Published in original German version 1967. Translated in Italian, French, Spanish and Greek. Many times reissued. Written by Heinrich Gemkow. Marx, Life and Works (New York: Macmillan, 1980) Karl Marx: An intellectual biography is a biography of Karl Marx by Rolf Hosfeld. Marx I is a biography by Michel Henry. Followed by Marx II. Karl Marx: Anthropologist is a book by American professor and chair of anthropology Thomas C. Patterson. Karl Marx: An Overview of his Biographies by Angelo Segrillo. Biographies of