Sociology: A Down-to-earth Approach
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"Throughout this text, the goal is to share with your students how fascinating and enlightening sociology is. Because sociology is about social life and we live in a changing global society, this 15th edition of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach continues to reflect the national and global changes that engulf us, as well as presents new sociological research. The down-to-earth examples, for which this text is known, will help your students see how sociology applies to them. So will the photos, about 555 of them, of which 228 are new. The photos are neither random nor "fillers." I have either selected or taken each of these photos, as well as written each caption. By tying the photos and their captions directly into the text, they become part of your students' learning experience"--
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