The Conquest of Bread is Peter Kropotkin’s most extensive study of human needs and his outline of the most rational and equitable means of satisfying them. This work is a fascinating combination of detailed historical analysis and a far-reaching Utopian vision. It serves as a step-by-step guide to social revolution, detailing the concrete means of achieving it and the world that humanity’s "constructive genius" is capable of creating.

This edition includes a new introduction that situates the work historically and discusses the contemporary relevance of Kropotkin’s ideas.