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This book places sociological questions about culture, race, and everyday life into a perspective for readers to understand.Sociology comes alive with this introduction. Topics include: extensive multicultural and global coverage, the development of sociology, human nature, social structure and social groups, class in the U.S., inequalities of race and ethnicity, and more.

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The Sociological Perspective
The Sociological Perspective
The Origins of Sociology
Sexism in Early Sociology
Sociology in North America
Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
Doing Sociological Research
Research Methods
Ethics in Sociological Research
Culture
What Is Culture?
Components of Symbolic Culture
Many Cultural Worlds: Subcultures and Countercultures
Values in U.S. Society
Technology in the Global Village
Socialization
What Is Human Nature?
Socialization into the Self, Mind, and Emotions
Socialization into Gender
Agents of Socialization
Resocialization
Socialization Through the Life Course
Are We Prisoners of Socialization?
Social Structure and Social Interaction
Levels of Sociological Analysis
The Macrosociological Perspective: Social Structure
The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life
The Need for Both Macrosociology and Microsociology
Social Groups and Formal Organizations
Social Groups
Bureaucracies
Working for the Corporation
Group Dynamics
Deviance and Social Control
What Is Deviance?
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Reactions to Deviance
Social Stratification in Global Perspective
An Overview of Social Stratification
What Determines Social Class?
Why Is Social Stratification Universal?
How Do Elites Maintain Stratification?
Comparative Social Stratification
Global Stratification: Three Worlds
How the World''s Nations Became Stratified
Maintaining Global Stratification
A Concluding Note
Social Class in the United States
What Is Social Class?
Sociological Models of Social Class
Consequences of Social Class
Social Mobility
Poverty
Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity
Laying the Sociological Foundation
Theories of Prejudice
Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations
Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States
Looking Toward the Future
Inequalities of Gender and Age
Issues of Sex and Gender
How Females Became a Minority Group
Gender Inequality in the United States
The Changing Face of Politics
Aging in Global Perspective
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Looking Toward the Future
Politics and the Economy
Power, Authority, and Violence
Types of Government
The U.S. Political System
Who Rules the United States?
War and Terrorism: A Means to Implement Political Objectives
The Transformation of Economic Systems
World Economic Systems
Capitalism in a Global Economy
Marriage and Family
Marriage and Family in Global Perspective
Marriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective
The Family Life Cycle
Diversity in U.S. Families
Trends in U.S. Families
Divorce and Remarriage
Two Sides of Family Life
The Future of Marriage and Family
Education and Religion
Education in Global Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits
The Conflict Perspective: Reproducing the Social Class Structure
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Fulfilling Teacher Expectations
Problems in U.S. Education-And Their Solutions
What Is Religion?
The Functionalist Perspective
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Religion and the Spirit of Capitalism
Types of Religious Groups
Religion in the United States
The Future of Religion
Population and Urbanization
A Planet with No Space to Enjoy Life?
Population Growth
The Development of Cities
City Life: Alienation and Community
Urban Problems and Social Policy
Social Change: Technology, Social Movements, and the Environment
How Social Change Transforms Society
Theories and Processes of Social Change
How Technology Changes Society
Social Movements as a Source of Social Change
The Growth Machine Versus the Earth
Online Chapter: The Sociology of Human Sexuality
What Does Sociology Have to Do with Sex?
The Incest Taboo
Homosexuality
Heterosexuality
A Concluding Note
Online Chapter: Health and Medicine
Sociology and the Study of Medicine
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Historical Patterns of Health
Issues in Health Care
Threats to Health
The Search for Alternatives
The Future of Medicine
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