Project Gutenberg 2023-07-11 Public domain in the USA. 562 Martineau, Harriet 1802 1876 Invalid Invalid, An Illustrations of political economy, Volume 3 (of 9) $aUnited Kingdom :$bCharles Fox, Paternoster-Row, $c1834. A Manchester strike -- Cousin Marshall -- Ireland. 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 3" by Harriet Martineau is a collection of socio-political texts written in the early 19th century. This volume features three separate works exploring issues related to labor relations and economic challenges in industrial society, highlighting themes such as strikes and the plight of workers. Martineau's insightful critiques focus on the struggles of the working class, particularly in the context of a Manchester strike, encapsulating the tensions between workers and employers. The opening portion of this volume introduces readers to a group of factory workers in Manchester, revealing their struggles as they grapple with reduced wages and labor conditions. The focus is on Allen, one of the workers, who tries to provide for his family amidst economic hardship and tension within the community. As the narrative unfolds, it depicts the interactions between workers considering a strike for better wages and the harsh realities they face, including family responsibilities and the conflicting desires of their comrades. The chapter illustrates the complex dynamics of labor organization and the socio-economic environment of the time, setting the stage for a broader discussion on political economy and workers' rights. (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: 73.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Social problems -- Fiction Didactic fiction, English Political fiction, English PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 701580 2025-09-28T07:52:00.841187 text/html 699286 2023-07-14T17:22:49 text/html 488821 2025-09-28T07:52:09.289169 application/epub+zip 492985 2025-09-28T07:52:02.686197 application/epub+zip 329640 2025-09-28T07:52:01.753170 application/epub+zip 667344 2025-09-28T07:52:14.423117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 616957 2025-09-28T07:52:08.278146 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 625952 2025-09-28T07:51:59.608167 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 625729 2023-07-14T17:22:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18660 2025-09-28T07:52:14.575102 application/rdf+xml 15223 2025-09-28T07:52:01.965194 image/jpeg 2130 2025-09-28T07:52:01.861160 image/jpeg 233165 2023-07-14T17:22:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 1074225 2023-07-14T17:22:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 1077895 2025-09-28T07:52:00.900196 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