THE CROFTON BOYS:; A Tale
by MARTINEAU, Harriet
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About This Item
NY: Appleton, 1857. First American edn. Small 8vo, pp. 177 + adv. Engraved frontispiece. Bound in little faded original blindstamped brown cloth. A very good tight copy. Martineau (1802-76) was born in Norwich, UK. After the family firm failed in 1829, and unable to teach because of deafness, Martineau turned to writing to support herself. She was an early popularizer of the theories of Locke and Hartley and argued that the discrepancy between men and women was due to differences in educational opportunities. Her reputation as a writer was based principally on her original popularizing serial Illustrations of Political Economy, 1832/3, brought celebrity. In this series ... she defined and illustrated, in rather stilted story form, the unfolding principals of Laissez-faire capitalism and the concepts of progress and opportunity based upon ability rather than ancestry. These popular works were originally written as separate booklets and were directed specifically at the working class of England[Schleuter p. 321]. She travelled to America in 1837.
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- Second Life Books Inc (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE CROFTON BOYS:; A Tale
- Author
- MARTINEAU, Harriet
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edn
- Publisher
- Appleton
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- fem,lit
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