CFP: Women’s contributions to political economy during the long nineteenth century

By the beginning of the nineteenth century, there had been a significant shift in political thought. This shift arguably turned away from the Enlightenment conception of political progress as a vehicle for the moral progress of humanity and towards a more scientific conception of political and economic progress resulting from an understanding of how the economy works. Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations' spurred growth in interest in political economy, and Jane Marcet and Harriet Martineau emerged as early popularisers and advocates of the new science of political economy that built on his work. By the middle of the century, critical texts written by women emerged in Italy, France, Germany and England, contributing to debates such as political economy, exploitation of workers, the nature of exploitation, the marriage market, the sexual economy, the defects and benefits of capitalism, women's property rights, the nature and place of women's work, and the economic role of the family. Submissions are invited on all aspects of nineteenth-century women's contrubutions to these economic and political debates.