Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology

Name: Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology
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ISBN: 9780199746910

ISBN-10: 0199746915

ISBN-13: 9780199746910

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Authors: Kenneth A. Gould, Tammy L. Lewis

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Designed to introduce students to key concepts and methods in sociology and to engage them in critical thinking, Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology provides a brief and valuable overview to four major questions that guide the discipline:* Why sociology?* What unites society?* What divides society?* How do societies change?The ten lessons outlined in the text are considered the most important by the majority of those teaching in the field. Deftly balancing breadth and depth, the book makes the study of sociology accessible, relevant, and meaningful. Contextualizing the most important issues, Ten Lessons helps students discover "the sociological imagination" and what it means to be part of…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 9.20" wide x 6.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Kenneth A. Gould is professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Brooklyn College and professor of sociology at the Cuny graduate center.



Annotated Table of Contents


Introduction and Acknowledgments


About the Contributors


List of Tables


List of Figures


List of Boxes



Why Sociology?



The Sociological Imagination




Theory and Methods




What Unites Us?



Socialization and Culture




Social Institutions




What Divides Us?



Race and Intersectionality




Class and Intersectionality




Gender and Intersectionality




How Do Societies Change?



Forces of Social Change




Global Dynamics




Public Sociology: The Task and the Promise



Index/Glossary