Marxism and the Question of the Asiatic Mode of Production

Wherever possible in this monograph I have referred to English trans­ lations of works originally appearing in other languages. Where this has not been possible, for example with Russian material, I have followed the Library of Congress system of transliteration, but omitted the diacritics. I have also retained the conventional use of ''y'' for the ending of certain Russian proper names (e.g., Tro...