Sociology, Department of

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2005

Citation

Hill, Michael R. 2005. “Harriet Martineau’s Ambleside as a Sociological Laboratory.” Sociological Origins 3 (Spring 2005): 93-94.

Comments

Copyright 2005 Michael R. Hill

Abstract

Harriet Martineau was a pioneering experimental sociologist in the best sense. In a wide variety of social venues, Martineau undertook constructive, consequential, and innovative actions specifically designed to explore and demonstrate social capacities and possibilities, often in concert with her Lake District neighbors. For three decades, from 1846 to her death in 1876, Ambleside witnessed the outcomes of numerous investigations and projects that Martineau championed. This presentation identifies several of Martineau’s sociological experiments.

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