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| Name: |
Harriet Martineau | | Birth Date: |
June 12, 1802 | | Death Date: |
June 27, 1876 | | Place of Birth: |
Norwich, England | | Place of Death: |
Westmoreland, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of Harriet Martineau
547 words, approx. 2 pages
 Harriet Martineau (1802-1874), the "founding mother of sociology", was the daughter of an English textile manufacturer who lost his business during a depression in 1825 and died in 1826. Martineau supported herself, her mother, a crippled sister, and... summary from source:
 Biography of Harriet Martineau
355 words, approx. 1 pages
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876), an English writer and an adherent of positivist philosophy, was one of the most widely admired writers of her day. Harriet Martineau was born in Norwich on June 12, 1802. Her life is the story of adversity overcome. Armed... summary from source:
 Biography of Harriet Martineau
8,287 words, approx. 28 pages
 Harriet Martineau exhibited remarkable intellectual precocity, discovering John Milton's Paradise Lost (1667) at age seven. Beginning with her study of Malthusian political economy at age fourteen and culminating in her editorializing against the...
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 Harriet Martineau Quotes
226 words, approx. 1 pages
Harriet Martineau ( June 12 , 1802 - June 27 , 1876 ) was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist. Sourced If a test of civilization be sought, none...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Martineau, Harriet, 1802–76 : Economics Topics
161 words, approx. 1 pagesLeading popularizer of economics in England in the mid-nineteenth century. Born in Norwich, the daughter of a Unitarian cloth manufacturer, she studied SMITH, RICARDO and MALTHUS from the age of 14 and was inspired to write on political economy by... summary from source:
 Harriet Martineau Information
2,640 words, approx. 9 pages
Harriet Martineau (June 12, 1802 – June 27, 1876) was an English writer and philosopher, renowned in her day as a controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long...
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 The Modern Language Review The Woman and the Hour: Harriet Martineau and Victorian Ideologies.(Book Review)
10/01/2004: 778 words, approx. 3 pages The Woman and the Hour: Harriet Martineau and Victorian Ideologies. By CAROLINE ROBERTS. Toronto, Buffalo, and London: University of Toronto Press. 2002. ix+253 pp. $50; 32 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-8020-3595-5. This is a tremendous book. It concerns Harriet Martineau (1802-'76), writer, educationist,... summary from source:
Mosaic (Winnipeg) Medical Body and Lived Experience: The Case of Harriet Martineau.
12/01/2000: 6,979 words, approx. 23 pages Focussing on the slippage between clinical diagnoses of gynaecological illnesses and ideologies of gender, this essay, by examining two incommensurable narratives of the bodily experiences of the nineteenth-century British writer Harriet Martineau, raises questions about issues of medical and epistemic authority. In... summary from source:
 AP News Today in history - June 3
6/3/2007: 544 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Sunday, June 3, the 154th day of 2007. There are 211 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to "walk" in space, during the flight of Gemini 4.On this date:In 1621, the...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Shelagh Hunter
26,123 words, approx. 87 pages
In the following excerpt, Hunter discusses Martineau's social criticism, including Society in America.
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