Overview
- Models an innovative approach to understanding the social, political, and economic concerns of contemporary life
- Of particular interest to scholars interested in literature and economics in Victorian and nineteenth-century studies
- Examines key themes in economics such as property, labor, growth, and value through literature, culture, and history
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Culture and Economics (PSLCE)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Labor
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Growth
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Property
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Value
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About this book
Focusing on the transition from political economy to economics, this volume seeks to restore social content to economic abstractions through readings of nineteenth-century British and American literature. The essays gathered here, by new as well as established scholars of literature and economics, link important nineteenth-century texts and histories with present-day issues such as exploitation, income inequality, globalization, energy consumption, property ownership and rent, human capital, corporate power, and environmental degradation. Organized according to key concepts for future research, the collection has a clear interdisciplinary, humanities approach and international reach. These diverse essays will interest students and scholars in literature, history, political science, economics, sociology, law, and cultural studies, in addition to readers generally interested in the Victorian period.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Elaine Hadley is Professor of English and Gender Studies at the University of Chicago, USA.
Audrey Jaffe is Professor of English at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Sarah Winter is Professor of English and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Political Economy to Economics through Nineteenth-Century Literature
Book Subtitle: Reclaiming the Social
Editors: Elaine Hadley, Audrey Jaffe, Sarah Winter
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Culture and Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24158-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24157-5Published: 11 October 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24160-5Published: 12 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24158-2Published: 26 September 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-5397
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5400
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 287
Topics: Nineteenth-Century Literature, Literary History, Economic History