Illustrations of political economy : selected tales

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Illustrations of political economy : selected tales

Harriet Martineau ; edited by Deborah Anna Logan

(Broadview editions)

Broadview Press, c2004

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-439)

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Published in 1832, Illustrations of Political Economy established Harriet Martineau as both a successful and controversial author and a pioneer of nineteenth-century "social problem" writing. This widely read series of didactic stories popularized political economy, making it accessible to audiences by vividly dramatizing issues such as overpopulation and labour strikes. Illustrations of Political Economy marks a pivotal moment in which literature and politics came together, laying the foundation for the realism and social commentary of later Victorian novels. This Broadview edition contains a critical introduction and a rich selection of historical documents, including contemporary reviews of Illustrations and writings on population growth, factory conditions, and working-class life.

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Acknowledgements Introduction Harriet Martineau: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text Illustrations of Political Economy Weal and Woe in Garveloch A Manchester Strike Cousin Marshall Sowers not Reapers Appendix A: Titles and themes of the complete Illustrations of Political Economy Appendix B: Reform Era Documents Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) "An Appeal of the Factory Labourers and their Children" (1832-33) "The Factory Children" (1831) James Phillips Kay-Shuttleworth, The Moral and Physical Condition of the Working Classes (1832) Peter Gaskell, The Manufacturing Population of England (1833) Robert Macnish, The Anatomy of Drunkenness (1834) W. Cooke Taylor, Factories and the Factory System (1844) Appendix C: Reviews of Illustrations of Political Economy Josiah Conder], Eclectic Review 8 (1832) The Spectator (7 July 1832) The Spectator (4 August 1832) Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (August 1832) The Spectator (8 September 1832) [William Maginn], Fraser's Magazine (November 1832) [George Poulett Scrope], The Quarterly Review 49 (1833) The Monthly Repository 7 (1833) Edward Bulwer Lytton, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal 37 (1833) [ J.S. Mill], The Monthly Repository 8 (1834) Further Reading

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