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Vetter, Lisa. "Harriet Martineau and Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy in America" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p62595_index.html>

Vetter, L. , 2003-08-27 "Harriet Martineau and Alexis de Tocqueville on Democracy in America" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia Marriott Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p62595_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Alexis de Tocqueville�s Democracy in America is widely held to be the most prescient critique of early 19th century America. But Harriet Martineau, a prolific English writer, also journeyed to 19th century America, and published Society in America and Retrospect of Western Travel. For various reasons, Martineau has faded from sight. Martineau�s work, however, deserves reexamination. Arguments used to dismiss her work often implicitly assume the superiority of objectivity, such as that embodied in Tocqueville�s detached speculation, over subjectivity, as reflected in Martineau�s �personal narrative� approach. This view has been challenged by contemporary feminism, which seeks to broaden the so-called canon to include women writers. In the same spirit, this project shows that Harriet Martineau�s sophisticated account rivals and in some respects surpasses Tocqueville�s. Specifically, Martineau�s views on women and slavery in America prove far more incisive, and more consistent with the path later taken in the Abolition and Suffrage movements than Tocqueville�s.

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