Extremely reader friendly and packed with vivid examples, ESSENTIALS OF SOCIOLOGY, 9e takes real-world scenarios and shows you how to use sociology to analyze them. It combines comprehensive coverage, socially relevant analysis, and cutting-edge research into a concise 15 chapters. Hands-on exercises help sharpen critical thinking and problem solving skills as readers put sociological theory into practice. More visually engaging than ever, the Ninth Edition also maintains the book’s signature emphasis on global issues. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Essentials of Sociology
Innovative pedagogy promotes active reading and helps students master core sociological concepts. This strong in-text pedagogical program is now supported by InQuizitive, Norton's new formative, adaptive learning tool.
The textbook that teaches students how issues in our global society connect to their own lives.
Warren, John Robert, and Elaine M. Hernandez. 2007. “Did Socioeconomic Inequalities in Morbidity and Mortality Change in the United States over the Course of the Twentieth Century?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48: 335–351.
The third, expanded edition of this well-known text on sociology has detailed analyses of the economic system, industry, population and food supply.
Understands Social Change: An important theme of the text, social change over time, examines what society was previously like, how it has changed, and what the implications are for the present and future.
Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach: Instructor's Manual and Test Bank
Deborah Carr draws on her extensive experience teaching introductory sociology at Rutgers University to revise the book and add new material that underscores the relevance of sociology to students' lives....
Hogan , D. P. 1981. Transitions and Social Change : The Early Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences . ( 2nd ed . ) New Lives of American Men . Orlando , Fla .: Academic Press . York : Van Nostrand Reinhold . Hogan , Dennis P. , and ...
Includes chapter summaries and concept review boxes. Giddens is affiliated with the London School of Economics. Duneier is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and the University of California-Santa Barbara.