Harriet Martineau, Daniel Feller

eBook, ePUB

Retrospect of Western Travel (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

This abridged version of Harriet Martineau's narrative of her travels in Jacksonian America preserves her reporting on slavery and other current topics of the day, as well as her insights on women's place in society, and her observations and vignettes of famous people such as John Calhoun.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 1.74MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech
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• Alle Inhalte über Screenreader oder taktile Geräte zugänglich
• Alle Texte können hinsichtlich Größe, Schriftart und Farbe angepasst werden
• ARIA-Rollen für verbesserte strukturelle Navigation
• Inhalte verständlich ohne Farbwahrnehmung
• Seitennummerierung folgt dem gedruckten Werk
• Kurze Alternativtexte für nicht-textuelle Inhalte vorhanden
• Text und Medien in logischer Lesereihenfolge angeordnet
• Navigierbarer Index mit direktem Zugriff auf Indexbegriffe
• Navigierbares Inhaltsverzeichnis für direkten Zugriff auf Text und Medien
• Keine Einschränkung der Vorlesefunktionen, außer bei spezifischen Ausnahmen
• Entspricht EPUB Accessibility Specification 1.1

Autor

British social theorist, author, and journalist Harriet Martineau (1802 1876) is renowned for her important contributions to literature, sociology, and economics, among other subjects. Martineau was born in Norwich, England, on June 12, 1802, and had to overcome obstacles at a young age because he was deaf and had little money. In the 1820s, Martineau started her creative career and became well-known for her novels and children's books. She is most recognized, nevertheless, for her revolutionary contributions to political economy and sociology. She was one of the first sociologists because of her "Illustrations of Political Economy" series, which she wrote in the 1830s and used fiction to tackle difficult economic and social themes. Martineau overcame obstacles relating to gender during her career, but her brilliance and dedication to social justice endured. She made a lot of trips later in life and kept writing about a variety of subjects, including her experiences in the Middle East. Beyond her own century, Harriet Martineau left a lasting impact on feminists and sociologists of later generations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317460817
• Artikelnr.: 42510237