Life in Society : Readings to Accompany Sociology: A down-to-Earth Approach, Ninth Edition
ISBN: 9780205578757 | 0205578756
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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This brief and economical reader, edited by Jim Henslin, is specifically designed to be used as a companion to "Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach," 9th edition. There is one reading per text chapter, including a selection to accompany the online chapter, "The Sociology of Human Sexuality."" "" " Readings New to This Edition" " The Great American Football Ritual / Douglas E. Foley Job on the Line / William M. Adler Learning Silence: Girls and Boys in School / Peggy Orenstein The American Family / Stephanie Coontz Between Two Ages / William Van... MORE
| Preface | p. vii |
| The Sociological Perspective | p. 1 |
| The Sociological Perspective: Invitation to Sociology | p. 3 |
| Culture: The Fierce People | p. 12 |
| Socialization: Anybody's Son Will Do | p. 27 |
| Social Structure and Social Interaction: The Great American Football Ritual | p. 38 |
| How Sociologists Do Research: Inside Organized Racism | p. 51 |
| Social Groups and Social Control | ... MOREp. 63 |
| Societies to Social Networks: Hanging Tongues: A Sociological Encounter with the Assembly Line | p. 65 |
| Bureaucracies and Formal Organizations: Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead | p. 75 |
| Deviance and Social Control: Fraternities and Rape Culture | p. 89 |
| Social Inequality | p. 99 |
| Global Stratification: Job on the Line | p. 101 |
| Social Class in the United States: The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All | p. 113 |
| Inequalities of Gender: Learning Silence: Girls and Boys in School | p. 120 |
| Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity: How the Jews Became White Folks | p. 128 |
| Inequalities of Age: "But This Is My Mother!" The Plight of Elders in Nursing Homes | p. 140 |
| Social Institutions | p. 149 |
| The Economy: The McDonaldization of Society | p. 151 |
| Politics: The Power Elite | p. 164 |
| Marriage and Family: The American Family | p. 172 |
| Education: College Athletes and Role Conflict | p. 179 |
| Religion: India's Sacred Cow | p. 190 |
| Medicine: Just Another Routine Emergency | p. 198 |
| Social Change | p. 209 |
| Population and Urbanization: Border Blues: The Dilemma of Illegal Immigration | p. 211 |
| Collective Behavior and Social Movements: The Animal Rights Crusade | p. 226 |
| Social Change and the Environment: Caught between Two Ages | p. 234 |
| Human Sexuality: How Many Sexual Partners Do Americans Have? | p. 245 |
| Name Index | p. 255 |
| Subject Index | p. 257 |
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