Sociology / Unit 1 Soc 0017 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Harriet Martineau
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The idea
Harriet Martineau brought sociology to English-speaking scholars and produced the first systematic comparative studies of social institutions, judging societies against their own stated ideals.
In practice
Touring the United States in the 1830s, she measured a nation professing liberty against its practice of slavery.
Where people slip
She is often listed only as Comte's translator; she was an original researcher.
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