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Beer, Max 1864-1943

Archival location guide — where this economist’s surviving papers are held, their notable correspondents, and key published sources.

Portrait of Beer, Max 1864-1943

Born 1864 · died 1943

Moses "Max" Beer was an Austrian-born Marxist economist, journalist and historian. Beer is best remembered as an early writer on the topic of imperialism and for a series of books, published in translation in several countries, which examined the nature of class struggle throughout human history.

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Where the papers are held

The surviving papers of Beer, Max 1864-1943 are held at Archive of Social Democracy.

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Read the works online

Digitised full-text books and writings by Beer, Max 1864-1943 — free to read.

Cite this entry

Beer, Max 1864-1943. “Archival papers.” Economists’ Papers, https://www.economistspapers.org.uk/beer-max-1864-1943/ (accessed 17 Jun 2026).