Introduction to sociology /
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2009Edition: 7th edDescription: xvii, 684, A78 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780393932324
- 039393232X
- HM585 .G53 2009
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Revised edition of: Introduction to sociology / Anthony Giddens, Mitchell Duneier, Richard P. Appelbaum. 6th ed. c2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is sociology? -- Asking and answering sociological questions -- Culture and society -- Socialization and the life cycle -- Social itneraction and everyday life in the age of the internet -- Groups, networks, and organizations -- Conformity, deviance, and crime -- Stratification, class, and inequality -- Global inequality -- Gender inequality -- Ethnicity and race -- Aging -- Government, political power, and social movements -- Work and economic life -- Families and intimate relationships -- Education and the mass media -- Religion in modern society -- The sociology of the body: health and illness and sexuality -- Urbanization, population, and the environment -- Globalization in a changing world.
