Untangling Concepts of Objectivity in Nineteenth-Century Social Reform: Harriet Martineau and Henry Mayhew Observe Urban Poverty

IF 1.2 2区历史学 Q3 ECONOMICS

History of Political Economy Pub Date : 2023-08-17 DOI:10.1215/00182702-10875002

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Abstract

This article examines emerging concepts of objectivity in the work of Harriet Martineau and Henry Mayhew. It focuses on Martineau's How to Observe Morals and Manners (1838) and Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor (1861), documenting how ideas about objectivity appeared in journalism and popular writing by these two prolific nineteenth-century social commentators.

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19世纪社会改革中客观性概念的解开——哈丽特·马蒂诺和亨利·梅休对城市贫困的观察

本文考察了Harriet Martineau和Henry Mayhew作品中出现的客观性概念。它聚焦于Martineau的《如何观察道德和举止》（1838年）和Mayhew的《伦敦劳工与伦敦穷人》（1861年），记录了这两位19世纪多产的社会评论家在新闻和大众写作中如何出现客观性思想。

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