| Society in America Contributor(s): Martineau, Harriet (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0878558535 ISBN-13: 9780878558537 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1981 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
| Dewey: 973 |
| LCCN: 80027647 |
| Series: Social Science Classics Series |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.04" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 358 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 of religious practices, social status, and childrearing; political apathy and the position of women, blacks, and immigrants; and the American's casual approach to indebtedness and his speculative wealth-or-ruin schemes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Martineau, Harriet: - Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) authored Society in America (1837) and Retrospect of Western Travel (1838), which are considered to be major analyses of American life.Lipset, Seymour Martin: - Seymour Martin Lipset (1922-2006) was professor emeritus of sociology at George Mason University. Among his books are American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword; North American Cultures: Values and Institutions in Canada and the United States; Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics; and Rebellion in the University. He had a long-standing interest in Israel and Jewish affairs, and was past president of the Association of American Scholars for Peace in the Middle East.Martineau, Harriet: - Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) authored Society in America (1837) and Retrospect of Western Travel (1838), which are considered to be major analyses of American life. Lipset, Seymour Martin: -Seymour Martin Lipset (1922-2006) was professor emeritus of sociology at George Mason University. Among his books are American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword; North American Cultures: Values and Institutions in Canada and the United States; Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics; and Rebellion in the University. He had a long-standing interest in Israel and Jewish affairs, and was past president of the Association of American Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. |
