Harriet Martineau (1802 1876) was a British writer who was one of the first social theorists to examine all aspects of a society, including class, religion, national character and the status of women. These volumes, first published in 1877, contain Martineau's unusual autobiography. Written in three months in 1855 when she believed herself to be dying, the original two volumes remained unaltered despite her recovery and continued writing. The third volume, covering the remainder of Martineau's life, was written by her friend and literary executor, Maria Chapman, who had access to Martineau's...
Harriet Martineau (1802 1876) was a British writer who was one of the first social theorists to examine all aspects of a society, including class, rel...
Harriet Martineau (1802 1876) was a British writer who was one of the first social theorists to examine all aspects of a society, including class, religion, national character and the status of women. These volumes, first published in 1877, contain Martineau's unusual autobiography. Written in three months in 1855 when she believed herself to be dying, the original two volumes remained unaltered despite her recovery and continued writing. The third volume, covering the remainder of Martineau's life, was written by her friend and literary executor, Maria Chapman, who had access to Martineau's...
Harriet Martineau (1802 1876) was a British writer who was one of the first social theorists to examine all aspects of a society, including class, rel...
Harriet Martineau (1802 1876) was a British writer who was one of the first social theorists to examine all aspects of a society, including class, religion, national character and the status of women. Seriously ill in the early 1840s, she turned to alternative remedies, and underwent a course of mesmerism, to which she attributed her remarkable restoration to health. She published her account of the treatment in a series of letters in the Athenaeum in December 1844, and subsequently in book form, and her cure caused a sensation, adding greatly to public interest in mesmerism. To her fury, her...
Harriet Martineau (1802 1876) was a British writer who was one of the first social theorists to examine all aspects of a society, including class, rel...
This antique text comprise a series of articles on the topics of Health, Husbandry, and Handicraft. The articles come from the magazines Once a Week and Household Words, all designed to provide practical, interesting and informative guides to their subjects. The chapters of this book include: Herod in the Nineteenth Century, School: For Life of Death, Follies in Food, The Cook of the Doctor, Dress and its Victims, Home or Hospital, The Cost of Cottages, Womans Battle-Field: Nurses, Self-Murder, The Student, The Young Lady in Town and Country, The Rural Labourer, The Statesman, The Maid of All...
This antique text comprise a series of articles on the topics of Health, Husbandry, and Handicraft. The articles come from the magazines Once a Week a...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, af...
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable p...
