| 1860s 1870s in sociology 1880s |
| Other topics: Anthropology Western fashion |
The following events related to sociology occurred in the 1870s.
1871
- Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play's Le Organisation de Famille is published.
- Carl Menger's Principles of Economics is published.
- Lewis Henry Morgan's Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family is published.
- Sir Edward Burnett Tylor's In Primitive Culture is published.
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
- Henry George's, Progress and Poverty is published.