Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 1 by Harriet Martineau (1802 - 1876)
Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900

Read by: Chuck Williamson, roselbex, czandra, lynnaea, Kerry Adams, jenno, Verla Viera in English
Cover design by Michele Fry.

Parts:
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Chapters:
00:00:00 - 00 - Preface
00:28:52 - 01 - Summary of Principles Illustrated in the First Volume
00:31:27 - 02 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 1: What Have They Left Us?
01:04:30 - 03 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 2: What is Wealth?
01:16:52 - 04 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 3: Earn Your Bread Before You Eat It
01:35:54 - 05 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 4: Hand-Work and Head-Work
01:58:27 - 06 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 5: Heart-Work
02:24:44 - 07 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 6: Many Hands Make Quick Work
02:47:09 - 08 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 7: Getting Up in the World
03:15:08 - 09 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 8: A Bright Sunset
03:31:55 - 10 - Life in the Wilds, Chapter 9: Signs of the Times
03:58:11 - 11 - The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 1: Every Man His Whim
04:26:27 - 12 - The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 2: Much May Come of Little
04:48:53 - 13 - The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 3: The Harm of a Whim
05:24:08 - 14 - The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 4: Prosperity
06:00:57 - 15 - The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 5: How to Use Prosperity
06:26:32 - 16 - The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 6: Disasters
06:58:32 - 17 - The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 7: Discontents

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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