Harriet Martineau and the Birth of Disciplines: Nineteenth-century intellectual powerhouse

by Gaby Weiner

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367175800
• ISBN13: 9780367175801
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"