M artineau, H arriet (1802–76)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23759259 |
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| Authors | Patricia A Masters (George Mason University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118663202.wberen275 |
| OpenAlex | W2519428938 |
| ISBN | 9781118663202 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Harriet Martineau was a major contributor to the emerging discipline of sociology in the nineteenth century. For over a century, Martineau's work was unrecognized, and it was not until 1962 when Seymour Martin Lipset published an edited and abridged version of Martineau's 1838 book, How to Observe Manners and Morals , that she received recognition as the first woman sociologist. Martineau's contribution to the new discipline included a comprehensive guide to conducting systematic qualitative sociology. Her guide is as useful for contemporary sociologists going into the field as it was for early sociologists. Martineau was a prolific observer and author, and her books and articles laid the foundations for the major subfields of sociology: religion, gender and racial inequality, occupations, and disabilities. The focus of this entry is her work on slavery and her emergence from curious observer to strong advocate for abolition in the antebellum period.
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Focus (optics) · Inequality · Observer (physics) · Period (music) · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Gender Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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