Hugely popular at their time of publication, Harriet Martineau’s Illustrations of Political Economy sought to turn the abstract principles of political economy into engaging, entertaining, and fundamentally humane works of social fiction. Through these dramatizations of dense economic theories, Martineau tried to educate and empower her readers, making even the most arcane concepts digestible and comprehendible to the widest possible audience (many of whom, such as women and the working class, were often excluded from engaging with these ideas via more conventional means). Each volume contains a different series of short, didactic novellas that “illustrate” a different set of economic principles, offering audiences tales that are equal parts riveting and edifying. Their publication caused a minor sensation in Victorian England.
This is the first of nine volumes and contains the following short novellas: Life in the Wilds (a tale about self-sufficiency, cooperation, and colonialism that dramatizes an attack against English settlers in South Africa), The Hill and the Valley (a story of industrial strife set in a Welsh iron works that touches on topics of industry, commerce, and Luddism), and Brooke and Brooke Farm (a tale about the enclosure of public land set in the English countryside). (Summary by ChuckW)
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Preface
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Summary of Principles Illustrated in the First Volume
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 1: What Have They Left Us?
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 2: What is Wealth?
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 3: Earn Your Bread Before You Eat It
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 4: Hand-Work and Head-Work
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 5: Heart-Work
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 6: Many Hands Make Quick Work
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 7: Getting Up in the World
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 8: A Bright Sunset
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Life in the Wilds, Chapter 9: Signs of the Times
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 1: Every Man His Whim
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 2: Much May Come of Little
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 3: The Harm of a Whim
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 4: Prosperity
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 5: How to Use Prosperity
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 6: Disasters
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 7: Discontents
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 8: Uproar
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 9: All Quiet Again
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Summary of Principles Illustrated in this Volume
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 1: Brooke and Its Politicians
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 2: George Gray’s Way of Living
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 3: George Gray in the Way to Prosper
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 4: A Conversation Under the Limes
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 5: Past, Present, and to Come
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 6: Sergeant Rayne’s Story
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 7: Great Changes at Brooke
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 8: Small Farming
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 9: Great Joy at Brooke
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 10: What Joy Harper Saw Abroad
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 11: What Must Come at Last
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 12: Prosperity to Brooke
