Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 1
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Harriet Martineau
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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) (11 hr 54 min)
Chapters
Life in the Wilds, Chapter 6: Many Hands Make Quick Work
22:25
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 2: Much May Come of Little
22:25
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The Hill and the Valley, Chapter 5: How to Use Prosperity
25:35
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 4: A Conversation Under the Limes
27:21
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 5: Past, Present, and to Come
28:03
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 6: Sergeant Rayne’s Story
18:11
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 7: Great Changes at Brooke
16:04
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 10: What Joy Harper Saw Abroad
21:22
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Brooke and Brooke Farm, Chapter 11: What Must Come at Last
8:46
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