Comparing socialisms: While the various strands of Marxist socialism in nineteenth-century Europe shared some common views and values, it was also a sharply divided movement. How would you describe those commonalities as well as the divisions and controversies?
Connecting socialist thinking with the Atlantic revolutions: To what extent did socialist thinking reflect the concerns of the Atlantic revolutions explored in Chapter 16? In what ways did it diverge from those earlier revolutionary movements?
Considering the appeal of Marxism: These documents were written by intellectuals within the socialist movement. In what ways might their ideas have appealed to ordinary workers?
Considering responses to socialism: With which of the variant forms of socialism might Marx himself have been most and least sympathetic? Which of them do you think would have had the most appeal in the United States? How might a manager or owner of an industrial enterprise respond to these ideas?