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Harriet Martineau And The Sociology Of The American South, Michael R. Hill
Harriet Martineau And The Sociology Of The American South, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was the first significant woman sociologist, and was also the first methodologically competent sociologist to make systematic observations throughout the American South. Martineau’s writings on American society in the 1830s provide an enduring model of observational dedication and perseverance. Of the two and a half years that Martineau devoted to data collection in the U.S., she allotted six months to direct observation and face-to-face interviews in the southern states. From late December 1834 to early July 1835, Martineau completed first-hand observations in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and …
Methods And Techniques For Studying The History Of Sociology In America, Michael R. Hill
Methods And Techniques For Studying The History Of Sociology In America, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
E’ un grande privilegio parlare con voi oggi nel vostro bel paese dei metodi di ricerca per lo studio e la documentazione della storia della sociologia. La storia disciplinare e’ importante per me. L’anno scorso ho concluso il mio incarico a capo della Sezione sulla Storia della Sociologia nell’ Associazione di Sociologia Americana, quindi so bene che la storia e’ importante anche per molti dei miei colleghi. Nel 2005, l’Associazione Americana di Sociologia festeggera’ il suo contenario: di consequenza, sempre piu’ sociologi americani cominciano a porsi questioni storiche riguardo alla disciplina della sociologia. Nel presentare queste osservazioni, spero di attirare …
Remembering Helena: A Photo Album, Michael R. Hill
Remembering Helena: A Photo Album, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
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Lists: Starting Points For Researching And Writing The Histories Of Academic Departments, Michael R. Hill
Lists: Starting Points For Researching And Writing The Histories Of Academic Departments, Michael R. Hill
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
The discovery, imaginative construction, and methodical compilation of lists is a productive initial strategy for researching and writing the histories of academic department and small professional organizations. When purposefully conceptualized as inclusive, list construction provides a methodological framework that curtails the seemingly inherent tendency of historical writers to overlook the contributions and participation of minority members of professional organizations – I use the term “minority” here in the widest possible sense, to indicate virtually anyone who by one criterion or another has come to be defined or perceived as somehow “marginal” or “unimportant” to the historical record you are documenting.