Harriet Martineau: 45 books

Book cover of La colina y el valle
by Harriet Martineau
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2013

La colina y el valle mediante un ameno relato de ficción explica la estructura productiva del modelo capitalista mostrando el conflicto industrial y los ataques a la maquinaria. Martineau pretende demostrar la necesidad de mantener la armonía de intereses entre trabajadores y capitalistas para poder seguir llevando a cabo la actividad de una forma eficiente.
Book cover of Illustrations of Political Economy (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by Harriet Martineau
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011

Originally published in pamphlet form, Martineau created a series which intended to teach readers the principles of political economy by means of fictional illustrative stories set in a variety of social communities. This particular volume contains the tale “For Each and For All,” about the new wife...
Book cover of Demerara
by Harriet Martineau
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2016

Demerara publicado en 1832 se centra en la esclavitud oponiéndose a ella, considerándola improductiva desde un punto de vista económico y humano. Para ello cuenta las andanzas de los hermanos Alfred y Mary Bruce en Demerara, una región de América del Sur, tras haber sido educados en Inglaterra durante 14 años
Book cover of Alegrias y penas en Garveloch
by Harriet Martineau
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2016

Alegrias y penas en Garveloch sitúa la historia en las islas de Escocia, a través de los mismos personajes aparecidos en su novela Ella de Garveloch trata la cuestión del principio de la población, uno de los temas estudiados ampliamente por los economistas clasicos
Book cover of How to Observe - Morals and Manners
by Harriet Martineau
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Book cover of Principle And Practice
by Harriet Martineau
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Book cover of Deerbrook
by Harriet Martineau
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Book cover of Sociological Theory, Values, and Sociocultural Change

Sociological Theory, Values, and Sociocultural Change

Essays in Honor of Pitirim A. Sorokin

by Harriet Martineau
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017

This volume brings together some of the biggest names in the field of sociology to celebrate the work of Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor and founder of the department of sociology at Harvard University. Sorokin, a past president of the American Sociological Association, was a pioneer in many fields...
Book cover of The Crofton Boys (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by Harriet Martineau
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011

This 1841 novel describes life at a nineteenth-century English boarding school.  The hero, Hugh Proctor, comes to the school from a relatively privileged background and suffers there a disfiguring accident that will prove to be the defining challenge of his life.
Book cover of Household Education
by Harriet Martineau
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

OLD AND YOUNG IN SCHOOL. It will be seen by these last words that I consider all the members of a household to be going through a process of education together. I am not thinking only of parents drawing their chairs together when the children have gone to bed, to talk over the young people's qualities...
Book cover of Brooke y la granja Brooke
by Harriet Martineau
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2016

Brooke y la granja Brooke publicado den 1832 hace hincapié en la utilización de los factores de producción, el trabajo y el capital, la importancia de la división del trabajo y cómo emplear los medios para reducir la hambruna. Para ello la autora narra una bonita historia que describe la vida de un pueblecito inglés
Book cover of La vida en territorio salvaje
by Harriet Martineau
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2016

La vida en territorio salvaje cuenta los avatares de una pequeña colonia británica ubicada en Sudáfrica, que tras un ataque inesperado tiene que iniciar un proceso de reconstrucción. es un ejemplo, en miniatura, del desarrollo industrial de Inglaterra.
Book cover of Ella de Garveloch
by Harriet Martineau
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 1, 2013

Ella de Garveloch transcurre en las islas de Escocia, cuenta la vida de una familia que tras la muerte del padre tiene que salir adelante. En este caso, es la vida en las islas, y sobre todo la actividad pesquera, la que cobra protagonismo. Mediante una amena historia analiza la actividad empresarial y el comercio que tanto contribuyeron al desarrollo de Gran Bretaña en el siglo XIX.
Book cover of Deerbrook
by Harriet Martineau
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2004

When the Ibbotson sisters, Hester and Margaret, arrive at the village of Deerbrook to stay with their cousin Mr Grey and his wife, speculation is rife that one of them might marry the local apothecary Edward Hope. Although he is immediately attracted to Margaret, Hope is ultimately persuaded to marry...
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