Author · 1802–1876
Harriet Martineau
Harriet Martineau was an English writer and sociologist (1802–1876). Born in Norwich.
Our catalogue lists 2 books by Harriet Martineau, mostly pirate adventure and historical fiction. The most-read is Feats on the fiord or Rolf and Oddo among the pirates (1800). 1 title is free to read on Project Gutenberg.
Books by Harriet Martineau
Feats on the fiord or Rolf and Oddo among the pirates
Harriet Martineau
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The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
Harriet Martineau
Biography
Harriet Martineau was an English social theorist often seen as the first female sociologist. She wrote from a sociological, holistic, religious and feminine angle, translated works by Auguste Comte, and, rarely for a woman writer at the time, earned enough to support herself. The young Princess Victoria enjoyed her work and invited her to her 1838 coronation. Martineau advised "a focus on all [society's] aspects, including key political, religious, and social institutions". She applied thorough analysis to women's status under men. The novelist Margaret Oliphant called her "a born lecturer and politician... less distinctively affected by her sex than perhaps any other, male or female, of her generation." [Wikipedia]