Project Gutenberg 2023-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 1567 Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876 Invalid Invalid, An Illustrations of political economy, Volume 1 (of 9) $aUnited Kingdom :$bCharles Fox, Paternoster-Row, $c1834. Life in the wilds -- The hill and the valley -- Brooke and Brooke Farm. Emmanuel Ackerman, KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Illustrations of Political Economy, Volume 1 (of 9)" by Harriet Martineau is a collection of socio-economic narratives written in the early 19th century. The volume aims to explain the principles of political economy through character-driven stories, emphasizing the importance of understanding wealth and labor in society. Martineau seeks to make economic theories accessible to the general public by illustrating these concepts through the experiences of various characters facing diverse challenges. The opening of the volume introduces a British settlement in southern Africa facing devastation after a savage attack leaves its inhabitants in dire straits. The settlers, so recently prosperous, now gather to discuss their plan for survival and how they can rebuild their lives. Key figures, such as Captain Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Stone, emerge as leaders, grappling with their losses and the need for collaboration. They engage in prayer to find strength and camaraderie, reflecting on both the immediate need for food and shelter, as well as the larger questions regarding the nature of wealth and how labor can be organized to overcome their challenges. Through this narrative, Martineau establishes a framework for exploring the dynamics of labor, production, and the economics of community life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuo.ark:/13960/t54f2b938&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021 20220214155443martineau 1834 gb Reading ease score: 73.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Social problems -- Fiction Didactic fiction, English Political fiction, English PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature Category: Economics 729209 2025-09-28T05:48:05.861777 text/html 730351 2023-05-07T13:53:47 text/html 497457 2025-09-28T05:48:14.724749 application/epub+zip 502571 2025-09-28T05:48:07.927755 application/epub+zip 336222 2025-09-28T05:48:06.794731 application/epub+zip 686568 2025-09-28T05:48:20.119684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 629989 2025-09-28T05:48:13.794719 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 644358 2025-09-28T05:48:04.890767 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 644136 2023-05-07T13:53:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18973 2025-09-28T05:48:20.264671 application/rdf+xml 15835 2025-09-28T05:48:06.990752 image/jpeg 2215 2025-09-28T05:48:06.891744 image/jpeg 236020 2023-05-07T13:53:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 845387 2023-05-07T13:53:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 848547 2025-09-28T05:48:05.920780 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia