In her interview with dalton conley, julia adams talks about the differences between sociology and history. as a self-identified historical comparative sociologist, adams makes the point that sociologists are less concerned with uniqueness than they are with commonalities. consider henry the viii of england during the mid-1500s. henry's succession of marriages (six wives in all) is often seen as a unique case. six wives is a lot by the norms of many european societies. a sociologist, however, might well look at it by considering the ways in which henry's marriages