Reintroducing Harriet Martineau

Pioneering Sociologist and Activist

Stuart Hobday (University of East Anglia, UK), Gaby Weiner

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Routledge
28 November 2023

Research methods: general; Social issues & processes; Social classes; Social theory

Series: Reintroducing...

This book explores the innovative, sociological approach adopted by Harriet Martineau in her efforts to develop a ‘scientific’ approach to understanding social and societal change. With attention to her focus on the key social structures and societal issues of her day – the economy, education, the condition of women and the evils of slavery – the authors highlight her creation and application of what we now recognise as sociological methodology, fieldwork and analysis. Through an examination in each chapter of the writings that best illustrate Martineau’s sociological perspective, Reintroducing Harriet Martineau discusses her enduring contribution to sociology. As such, it will appeal to scholars and students of sociology with interests in the history of the discipline and questions of methodology.

By: Stuart Hobday (University of East Anglia UK), Gaby Weiner
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9780367637583
ISBN 10: 0367637588
Series: Reintroducing...
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 28 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: Introducing Harriet Martineau Chapter 2: Sociological Analysis and Methodology Chapter 3: The Condition of Women Chapter 4: Educational Perspectives Chapter 5: Fighting Slavery Chapter 6: Health Care and Hospitals Chapter 7: Environmentalism and Experimentation Chapter 8: Journey to Secularism Chapter 9: Experience of Disability to Sociology of Disability Chapter 10: Harriet Martineau’s Sociological Legacy Bibliography: selected works of Harriet Martineau Bibliography: secondary sources

Stuart Hobday is a doctoral researcher in the Department of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia and the author of Encounters with Harriet Martineau. Gaby Weiner has held a number of professorial and honorary research positions in the UK and Sweden. Her publications include Feminisms in Education, Closing the Gender Gap: Postwar Educational and Social Change, Kids in Cyberspace, Reconstructing and Deconstructing Lives, Tales of Loving and Leaving, and Harriet Martineau and the Birth of the Disciplines.