Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism

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Written: January-June, 1916 Published: First published in mid-1917 in pamphlet form, Petrograd. Published according to the manuscript and verified with the text of the pamphlet. Source: Lenin’s Selected Works, Progress Publishers, 1963, Moscow, Volume 1, pp. 667–766. Transcription\Markup: Tim Delaney & Kevin Goins (2008) Public Domain: Lenin Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2005. You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work; as well as make derivative and commercial works. Please credit “Marxists Internet Archive” as your source. HTML Version: http://marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm Converted to eBook format by: Sajjan Singh (2014) Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism A POPULAR OUTLINE Vladimir Ilyich Lenin PREFACE PREFACE TO THE FRENCH AND GERMAN EDITIONS I. CONCENTRATION OF PRODUCTION AND MONOPOLIES II. BANKS AND THEIR NEW ROLE III. FINANCE CAPITAL AND THE FINANCIAL OLIGARCHY IV. EXPORT OF CAPITAL VI. DIVISION OF THE WORLD AMONG THE GREAT POWERS VII. IMPERIALISM AS A SPECIAL STAGE OF CAPITALISM VIII. PARASITISM AND DECAY OF CAPITALISM IX. CRITIQUE OF IMPERIALISM X. THE PLACE OF IMPERIALISM IN HISTORY