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Thirty Readings in Introductory Sociology

ISBN: 9780199934928 | 0199934924
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 9/11/2012

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Thirty Readings in Introductory Sociologyintroduces students to the field of sociology in an engaging, accessible manner. Designed to be used alone or with its companion,Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology, the book is organized around four themes commonly examined in introductory courses: What is sociology? What unites society? What divides society? and How do societies change? Rather than provide encyclopedic responses to such questions,Thirty Readings in Introductory Sociologyengages students in critical thinking while presenting key conce... MORE

Part 1: Why Sociology? (How is it Different From Other Disciplines)

Section 1: The Sociological Imagination
Introduction
Reading 1: C. Wright Mills, Excerpt from The Sociological Imagination (1959)
Reading 2: Peter Berger, Excerpt from An Invitation to Sociology (1963)
Reading 3: Kristin Luker, Excerpt from Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of the Teenage Pregnancy Crisis (1996)

Section 2: Methods and Theory
Introduction
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Kenneth A. Gould is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and Professor of Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Tammy L. Lewis is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and Professor of Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center.


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