Marx’s approach to the growth of “peripheral countries” has triggered contentious debate and produced a voluminous literature over the years. Presenting the drafts of Marx’s discussion on rural Russia in the late 1800s, this book offers readers a crucial primary text for deciphering Marx’s attitudes towards issues echoed in contemporary debates on development. Excerpts from the writings of the People’s Will, a Russian revolutionary organization with which Marx had close association, elucidates the relation between economic growth and class struggle in less developed countries.