Harriet Martineau and the Birth of Disciplines
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Frederick Knight Hunt
gender and society
Harriet Martineau
Heartland Concepts
history
journalism
Lace Makers
letter writing
Letters Doctrine
life writing
literature
Martineau's Approach
Martineau's Autobiography
Martineau's Contribution
Martineau's History
Martineau's influence on social sciences
Martineau's Life
Martineau's Tale
Martineau's Translation
Martineau's Work
Martineau's Writing
Martineau’s Approach
Martineau’s Autobiography
Martineau’s Contribution
Martineau’s History
Martineau’s Life
Martineau’s Tale
Martineau’s Translation
Martineau’s Work
Martineau’s Writing
Martyr Age
Mental Physiology
Monthly Repository
nineteenth century
nineteenth-century journalism
political economy
political economy analysis
Political Economy Tales
politics
Rick Rylance
Scare Crows
science
sociology
status of women
travel writing
Victorian
Victorian social theory
Violated
Wages Fund Doctrine
women's intellectual history
Women's Travel Writing
Women’s Travel Writing
Young Man
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- ISBN 9781472446930
- Weight: 660g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 04 Aug 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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One of the foremost writers of her time, Harriet Martineau established her reputation by writing a hugely successful series of fictional tales on political economy whose wide readership included the young Queen Victoria. She went on to write fiction and nonfiction; books, articles and pamphlets; popular travel books and more insightful analyses. Martineau wrote in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, at a time when new disciplines and areas of knowledge were being established. Bringing together scholars of literature, history, economics and sociology, this volume demonstrates the scope of Martineau's writing and its importance to nineteenth-century politics and culture. Reflecting Martineau's prodigious achievements, the essays explore her influence on the emerging fields of sociology, history, education, science, economics, childhood, the status of women, disability studies, journalism, travel writing, life writing and letter writing. As a woman contesting Victorian patriarchal relations, Martineau was controversial in her own lifetime and has still not received the recognition that is due her. This wide-ranging collection confirms her place as one of the leading intellectuals, cultural theorists and commentators of the nineteenth century.
Valerie Sanders is Professor of English at the University of Hull, UK.
Gaby Weiner is Visiting Professor at the University of Sussex, UK.
