Harriet Martineau: Authorship, Society And Empire

Synopsis

Part I : Authorship And Identity -- Harriet Martineau, Woman Of Letters / Linda H. Peterson -- Harriet Martineau's 'intellectual Nobility' : Gender, Genius And Disability / A. Laura Stef-praun -- '(entre Nous, Please!)' : Harriet Martineau's Correspondence / Deborah A. Logan -- Self-presentation And Instability In Harriet Martineau's Autobiography / Lucy Bending -- 'socinian And Political-economy Formulas' : Martineau The Unitarian / Felicity James -- Provocative Agendas : Martineau's Translation Of Comte / Lesa Scholl -- Part Ii : Political Economy, Technology And Society -- Domesticating Political Economy : Language, Gender And Economics In The Illustrations Of Political Economy / Lana L. Dalley -- Feminism, Speculation And Agency In Harriet Martineau's Illustrations Of Political Economy / Ella Dzelzainis -- 'secret Organisation Of Trades' : Harriet Martineau And 'free Labour' In Victorian Britain / Mark Curthoys -- Spending Sprees And Machine Accidents : Martineau And The Mystery Of Improvidence / Tamara Ketabgian -- Part Iii : Empire, Race, Nation -- 'with The Practised Eye Of A Deaf Person' : Martineau's Travel Writing And The Construction Of The Disabled Traveller / Eitan Bar-yosef -- Slavery, Race, History : Harriet Martineau's Ethnographic Imagination / Cora Kaplan -- Imperial Woman : Harriet Martineau, Geopolitics And The Romance Of Improvement / Lauren M. E. Goodlad -- Harriet Martineau And India : On Not Writing Accusatory History / Isobel Armstrong -- Writing A History, Writing A Nation : Harriet Martineau's History Of The Peace / Catherine Hall. Edited By Ella Dzelzainis And Cora Kaplan. This Collection Arose Out Of A One-day Conference On Martineau, Held On 21 April 2007 At The Institute For English Studies, University Of London.--p. [xi]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.