Harriet Martineau: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives,9780415945288

Harriet Martineau: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780415945288
ISBN10: 0415945283
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2002-11-15
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

The Essays in this volume explore the work of Harriet Martineau from a sociological perspective, highlighting her theoretical contributions in the areas of the sociology of labor, gender and political economy. The contributors each offer a contextual, theoretical and methodological assessment of her work beginning with the opportunities and challenges of utilizing Martineau pedagogically in the sociology classroom.

Author Biography

Michael R. Hill is Chair of the American Sociological Association's Section on the History of Sociology Susan Hoecker-Drysdale is Professor Emerita of Sociology at Concordia University, Montreal

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface ix
Foreword xi
Introduction xiii
Helena Znaniecka Lopata
Taking Harriet Martineau Seriously in the Classroom and Beyond
3(20)
Michael R. Hill
Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
Harriet Martineau and the Unitarian Connection
23(18)
Pat Duffy Hutcheon
Making Lemonade: Harriet Martineau on Being Deaf
41(18)
Mary Jo Deegan
A Methodological Comparison of Harriet Martineau's Society in America (1837) and Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America (1835-1840)
59(16)
Michael R. Hill
The Meaning of ``Things'': Theory and Method in Harriet Martineau's How to Observe Morals and Manners (1838) and Emile Durkheim's The Rules of Sociological Method (1895)
75(24)
Patricia Madoo Lengermann
Jill Niebrugge
``Words on Work'': Harriet Martineau's Sociology of Work and Occupations---Part I: Her Theory of Work
99(16)
Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
``Words on Work'': Harriet Martineau's Sociology of Work and Occupations---Part II: Her Empirical Investigations
115(38)
Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
The Florence Nightingale-Harriet Martineau Collaboration
153(16)
Lynn McDonald
Harriet Martineau and the Positivism of Auguste Comte
169(22)
Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
Epilogue Martineauian Sociology and our Disciplinary Future 191(4)
Michael R. Hill
References 195(18)
About the Contributors 213(4)
Index 217

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