1870s in sociology

1860s . 1870s in sociology . 1880s
Other topics: Anthropology . Western fashion

The following events related to sociology occurred in the 1870s.

1871

1873

  • Herbert Spencer's The Study of Sociology is published.

1874

  • Francis Galton's English men of science : their nature and nurture is published.
  • Pierre Guillaume Frédéric Le Play's La réforme sociale en France déduite de l’observation comparée des peuples Européens is published.
  • Henry Sidgwick's The Method of Ethics is published.

1875

  • Francis Galton's Statistics by intercomparison, with remarks on the law of frequency of error is published.
  • Frederic Harrison's Order and Progress is published.

1878

  • Friedrich Engels' Anti-Dühring is published.

1879