Introduction to Sociology

Taking a topical approach to the subject and treating conceptual material only as it arises in the discussion, Giddens (London School of Economics, UK), Duneier (City U. of New York and Princeton U., US), and Appelbaum (U. of California at Santa Barbara, US) undergraduate-level introduction to sociology. Twenty chapters discuss the standard concerns of the field, including socialization, groups and organizations, conformity and deviance, class and inequality, ethnicity and race, political power …