Roger,

I include Marx at the end of the first semester of History of 
Economic Thought (Mercantilism, Physiocracy, Smith, Ricado and 
Marx).  My focus is therefore almost exclusively economic, but I 
think that I don't do justice to the broader aspects of Marx's 
thought and work--it's the old time constraint problem.  I also rely 
almost exclusively on understanding Marx's own writing.  Although I 
generally don't like abridgements very much, I have found /Karl Marx, 
Capital: A new abridgement /edited by David McLellan ISBN 
978-019-953-5705) to be quite good.  We lose some of vol. I, but I 
think this is more than made up for by the inclusion of some chapters 
from vol. III and Marx's "Results of the Immediate Process of Production."

I hope your seminar goes well.

Best regards,

Mike Bradley