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Seeing Ourselves : Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology

ISBN: 9780130813589 | 0130813583
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
For courses in introductory sociology and courses where the various aspects of society are considered. Drawing on the work of the pioneers of sociology, as well as that of the men and women conducting today's research, this best-selling collection of 77 classic, contemporary, and cross-cultural articles conveys sociology's diversity of viewpoints and methodologies. Important issues and debates are presented by scholars from many positions on the political spectrum, and capture the fascinating complexity of the social world.
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Prefacexv
The Sociological Perspective
Classic
``The Promise of Sociology''
1(5)
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C. Wright Mills
Classic
``Invitation to Sociology''
6(4)
Peter L. Berger
Contemporary
``How Would a Sociologist Look at Sport?''
10(4)
Jay J. Coakley
Cross-Cultural
``Body Ritual among the Nacirema''
14(4)
Horace Miner
Sociological Research
Classic
``The Case for Value-Free Sociology''
18(2)
Max Weber
Contemporary
``The Importance of Social Research''
20(3)
Earl Babbie
Cross-Cultural
``Sensitivity in Field Research: A Study of Policing in Northern Ireland''
23(8)
John D. Brewer
Culture
Classic
``Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture''
31(5)
Leslie A. White
Classic
``Manifest and Latent Functions''
36(2)
Robert K. Merton
Contemporary
``The Rape Culture''
38(9)
Dianne F. Herman
Cross-Cultural
``India's Sacred Cow''
47(4)
Marvin Harris
Society
Classic
``Manifesto of the Communist Party''
51(8)
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Classic
``Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft''
59(3)
Ferdinand Tonnies
Contemporary
``Welcome to Cyber-Society''
62(6)
John J. Macionis
Cross-Cultural
``The Amish: A Small Society''
68(3)
John A. Hostetler
Socialization
Classic
``The Self''
71(8)
George Herbert Mead
Contemporary
``Socialization and Television Violence''
79(9)
George Gerbner
Cross-Cultural
``Parents' Socialization of Children in Global Perspective''
88(5)
D. Terri Heath
Social Interaction in Everyday Life
Classic
``The Dyad and the Triad''
93(2)
Georg Simmel
Classic
``The Presentation of Self''
95(6)
Erving Goffman
Contemporary
``You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation''
101(6)
Deborah Tannen
Cross-Cultural
``The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language around the World''
107(6)
Roger E. Axtell
Groups and Organizations
Classic
``Primary Groups''
113(4)
Charles Horton Cooley
Classic
``The Characteristics of Bureaucracy''
117(4)
Max Weber
Contemporary
``McJobs: McDonaldization and the Workplace''
121(5)
George Ritzer
Cross-Cultural
``Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business''
126(12)
Boye De Mente
Deviance
Classic
``The Functions of Crime''
138(3)
Emile Durkheim
Contemporary
``On Being Sane in Insane Places''
141(13)
David L. Rosenhan
Cross-Cultural
``The Code of the Streets''
154(11)
Elijah Anderson
Sexuality
Classic
``Understanding Sexual Orientation''
165(3)
Alfred C. Kinsey
Wardell B. Pomeroy
Clyde E. Martin
Contemporary
``Sex in America: How Many Partners Do We Have''
168(7)
Robert T. Michael
John H. Gagnon
Edward O. Laumann
Gina Kolata
Cross-Cultural
``Homosexual Behavior in Cross-Cultural Perspective''
175(11)
J. M. Carrier
Social Stratification
Classic
``Some Principles of Stratification''
186(8)
Kingsley Davis
Wilbert Moore
Melvin Tumin
Contemporary
``Who Has How Much and Why''
194(7)
Andrew Hacker
Cross-Cultural
``Women's Poverty in Africa''
201(5)
Daphne Topouzis
Gender
Classic
``Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies''
206(6)
Margaret Mead
Contemporary
``How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works''
212(7)
Nijole V. Benokraitis
Cross-Cultural
``Women in Today's World''
219(7)
Naomi Neft
Ann D. Levine
Race and Ethnicity
Classic
``The Souls of Black Folk''
226(5)
W. E. B. Du Bois
Contemporary
``Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression''
231(8)
Patricia Hill Collins
Contemporary
``The Rise of Hispanic Affluence''
239(4)
William O'Hare
Cross-Cultural
``A Comeback for American Indians''
243(4)
C. Matthew Snipp
Aging and the Elderly
Classic
``The Tragedy of Old Age in America''
247(6)
Robert N. Butler
Contemporary
``How the Grandparent Role Is Changing''
253(9)
Roseann Giarrusso
Merril Silverstein
Vern L. Bengston
Cross-Cultural
``Our Aging World''
262(4)
Frank B. Hobbs
Bonnie L. Damon
The Economy and Work
Classic
``Alienated Labor''
266(4)
Karl Marx
Contemporary
``When Work Disappears''
270(10)
William Julius Wilson
Cross-Cultural
``Maid in the U.S.A.''
280(7)
Mary Romero
Politics, Government, and the Military
Classic
``The Power Elite''
287(7)
C. Wright Mills
Contemporary
``Pornography: Not a Moral Issue''
294(8)
Catharine A. MacKinnon
Cross-Cultural
``Freedom in the World: A Global Survey''
302(13)
Adrian Karatnycky
Family
Classic
``His' and 'Her' Marriage''
315(6)
Jessie Bernard
Contemporary
``The Decline of Marriage and Fatherhood''
321(8)
David Popenoe
Cross-Cultural
``Mate Selection and Marriage around the World''
329(7)
Bron B. Ingoldsby
Religion
Classic
``The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism''
336(6)
Max Weber
Contemporary
``Culture Wars''
342(7)
James Davison Hunter
Cross-Cultural
``Women and Islam''
349(7)
Jane I. Smith
Education
Classic
``Education and Inequality''
356(7)
Samuel Bowles
Herbert Gintis
Contemporary
``Savage Inequalities: Children in U.S. Schools''
363(6)
Jonathan Kozol
Cross-Cultural
``Academic Achievement in Southeast Asian Refugee Families''
369(7)
Nathan Caplan
Marcella H. Choy
John K. Whitmore
Health and Medicine
Classic
``The Social Structure of Medicine''
376(4)
Talcott Parsons
Contemporary
``The Health of Latino Families''
380(8)
Ruth E. Zambrana
Claudia Dorrington
David Hayes-Bautista
Cross-Cultural
``Female Genital Mutilation''
388(8)
Efua Dorkenoo
Scilla Elworthy
Population and Urbanization
Classic
``The Metropolis and Mental Life''
396(7)
Georg Simmel
Classic
``Urbanism as a Way of Life''
403(6)
Louis Wirth
Contemporary
``The Urban Real Estate Game: Traditional and Critical Perspectives''
409(14)
Joe R. Feagin
Robert Parker
Cross-Cultural
``Let's Reduce Global Population!''
423(5)
J. Kenneth Smail
Environment and Society
Classic
``Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe''
428(4)
Thomas Robert Malthus
Contemporary
``The State of the World's Natural Environment''
432(6)
Lester R. Brown
Cross-Cultural
``Supporting Indigenous Peoples''
438(8)
Alan Thein Durning
Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Classic
``On the Origins of Social Movements''
446(13)
Jo Freeman
Contemporary
``The Animal Rights Movement as a Moral Crusade''
459(7)
James M. Jasper
Dorothy Nelkin
Cross-Cultural
``Abortion Movements in Poland, Great Britain, and the United States''
466(10)
Janet Hadley
Social Change and Modernity
Classic
``Anomy and Modern Life''
476(5)
Emile Durkheim
Classic
``The Disenchantment of Modern Life''
481(2)
Max Weber
Contemporary
``The Search for Meaning in Modern America''
483(13)
Robert N. Bellah
Richard Madsen
William M. Sullivan
Ann Swidler
Steven M. Tipton
Cross-Cultural
``The Price of Modernization: The Case of Brazil's Kaiapo Indians''
496
Marlise Simons

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