Annual Meeting 2024: Registration now open

Dates: 24-27th June 2024 Venue: Westgate Chapel, Lewes. Address: 92a High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 IXH Website:   https://westgatechapel.weebly.com Accessibility: Wheelchair access Registration: from 5pm on Monday 24th June Conference Organisers: Gaby Weiner and David Hamilton (gabyweiner@icloud.com /david.hamilton80@btinternet.com) Introduction The 2024

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Rachel Reeves on Harriet Martineau

Harriet Martineau has at last become mainstream. In her recent book entitled The Women Who Made Modern Economics, UK Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, identifies Harriet Martineau as a key person in enabling working people of her era to understand economics

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New book: Reintroducing Harriet Martineau

This book co-authored by Martineau Society members Stuart Hobday and Gaby Weiner  has been recently published by Routledge. It makes the argument that Martineau was an early sociologist who set an important example in using evidence about real life issues

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