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Briefly summarize the contributions of Harriet Martineau to early sociology.
 
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According to Auguste Comte, societies contain _____, which are forces for conflict and change.
 
  a. social statics b. social functions
 c. social dynamics d. social choices


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
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British sociologist Harriet Martineau translated and condensed the works of Auguste Comte, bringing them to a wider audience. Perhaps more importantly, she studied the social customs of Britain and the United States, analyzing the consequences of industrialization and capitalism. In addition, she strongly advocated social change, encouraging greater racial and gender equality, and was committed to creating a science of society grounded in widely accessible empirical observations.

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