1st Edition

Society in America

Edited By Harriet Martineau Copyright 1981
358 Pages
by Routledge

360 Pages
by Routledge

357 Pages
by Routledge

Harriet Martineau brought to her observations the convictions of a vehement English liberal and an astonishingly modern sociological approach. In 1834 she wrote the first draft of How to Observe Manners and Morals --perhaps the earliest book on the methodology of social research. In abridging the 800-page original for the modern reader, Lipset has concentrated on Martineau's brilliant discussion... Read more
Introduction; I: Politics; II: Parties; III: Apparatus of Government; IV: Morals of Politics; V: Economy; VI: Agriculture; VII: Morals of Economy; VIII: Civilisation; IX: Idea of Honour; Women; XI: Children; XII: Sufferers; XIII: Utterance; XIV: Religion; XV: Spirit of Religion; XVI: Administration of Religion; XVII: Conclusion

Biography

Harriet Martineau