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Understanding sociology / Charles Baker, J. Ross Eshleman, Barbara G. Cashion, Laurence A. Basirico.
LIBRA HM51 .B354 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Charles.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology.
- Sociology--Textbooks.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 609 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Redding, Calif. : Horizon Textbook Pub., [2005]
- Contents:
- Sociology: Perspectives and methods
- The nature and uses of sociology
- The development of sociology
- Methods of studying society
- Individuals within society
- Culture and society
- Social structure, social groups, and social organizations
- Socialization and social interaction
- Deviance and social control
- Social inequality
- Social differentiation and stratification
- Racial and ethnic differentiation
- Gender differentiation
- Age differentiation and the aged
- Social institutions
- Family groups and systems
- Religious groups and systems
- Educational groups and systems
- Political groups and systems
- Economic groups and systems
- Health-care groups and systems
- Media and the military
- Human ecology and change
- Collective behavior and social movements
- Population and ecology
- The changing community
- The nature of social change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1596024666
- 9781596024663
- OCLC:
- 1061505402
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