Harriet Martineau : theoretical and methodological perspectives

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Harriet Martineau : theoretical and methodological perspectives

edited by Michael R. Hill and Susan Hoecker-Drysdale ; with an introduction by Helena Znaniecka Lopata

(Women and sociological theory / Mary Jo Deegan, series editor, v. 3)

Routledge, 2003, c2001

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Harriet Martineau : theoretical & methodological perspectives

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-211) and index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter One Taking Harriet Martineau Seriously in the Classroom and Beyond, Michael R. Hill, Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
  • Chapter TWO Harriet Martineau and the Unitarian Connection, Pat Duffy Hutcheon
  • Chapter THREE Making Lemonade, Mary Jo Deegan
  • Chapter FOUR A Methodological Comparison of Harriet Martineau's Society in America (1837) and Alexis De Tocqueville's Democracy in America (1835-1840), Michael R. Hill
  • Chapter FIVE The Meaning of "Things", Patricia Madoo Lengermann, Jill Niebrugge
  • Chapter SIX "Words on Work", Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
  • Chapter SEVEN "Words on Work", Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
  • Chapter EIGHT The Florence Nightingale-Harriet Martineau Collaboration, Lynn McDonald
  • Chapter NINE Harriet Martineau and the Positivism of Auguste Comte, Susan Hoecker-Drysdale
  • Chapter 10 E pilogue Martineauian Sociology and Our Disciplinary Future, Michael R. Hill

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