Harriet Martineau. a Radical Victorian / R. K. Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webb, R. K., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1960]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A biography of Harriet Martineau that focuses on the forces in the early nineteenth century that formed and were reflected in Martineau, and what her attitudes tell us about early Victorian society.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Abbreviations used in the footnotes

List of Illustrations

Preface

I. "One of the Strangest Phenomena"

II. Norwich: A Manufacturer's Daughter

III. Norwich: A Manufacturer's Daughter

IV. London: Teacher of the People

V. America: The New Society

VI. London: Interlude

VII. Tynemouth: The Uses of Suffering

VIII. Tynemouth: Mesmeric Wonders

IX. Tynemouth: Mesmeric Wonders

Χ. Ambleside: The Logical Conclusion

ΧI. Ambleside: The Logical Conclusion

XII. Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231883405

0231883404

OCLC:

1100435972