"Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 6" by Harriet Martineau, presents stories focused on political economy and society in the 1800s,. Included is the story "Messrs. Vanderput and Snoek" where the complexities of trade and relationships play out in Amsterdam. Martineau uses characters and their lives to show how the economy works. The story starts in Amsterdam in the late 1600s, describing its busy trade. The story circles around the passing of a merchant named Onno Snoek, and we see how his family deals with it. Characters like his sad wife, her son Heins, and a caring clergyman M. Aymond, show how personal feelings exist alongside Amsterdam's constant commerce. Martineau uses these characters to mix personal emotions with financial matters, leading to discussions about economics.
Illustrations of political economy, Volume 6 (of 9)
By Harriet Martineau
In the heart of a vibrant trading city, a merchant's death sets off a chain of events that entwine grief with the ruthless world of commerce and family inheritance.
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About the AuthorHarriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rarely for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. The young Princess Victoria enjoyed her work and invited her to her 1838 coronation. Martineau advised "a focus on all [society's] aspects, including key political, religious, and social institutions". She applied thorough analysis to women's status under men. The novelist Margaret Oliphant called her "a born lecturer and politician... less distinctively affected by her sex than perhaps any other, male or female, of her generation."
Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rarely for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. The young Princess Victoria enjoyed her work and invited her to her 1838 coronation. Martineau advised "a focus on all [society's] aspects, including key political, religious, and social institutions". She applied thorough analysis to women's status under men. The novelist Margaret Oliphant called her "a born lecturer and politician... less distinctively affected by her sex than perhaps any other, male or female, of her generation."
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