The women founders of the social sciences / / by Lynn McDonald
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| Autore: |
McDonald Lynn
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| Titolo: |
The women founders of the social sciences / / by Lynn McDonald
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| Pubblicazione: | Montreal & Kingston, Canada ; ; London ; ; Ithaca, [New York] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2013 |
| ©1994 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 300/.92/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social sciences - History |
| Social sciences - Methodology - History | |
| Women social scientist - History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The women founders of the social sciences -- Women and the emrgence of empiricism -- From the Enlightenment to the French Revolution -- When as methodologists in the nineteenth century -- Women as missing persons in methodology. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Ground-breaking and original, this book debunks the myth that empirical social science has been dominated by its male founders and methodologists. The author re-analyses the critical role British, French and American women played in creating the field from the 16th through the early 20th centuries. Included are Mary Astell, Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Martineau, Beatrice Webb, Catharine Macauley, Florence Nightingale, Madame de Staël and Jane Addams. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The women founders of the social sciences |
| ISBN: | 0-7735-9185-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910790981403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Women's Experience