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An Introduction to Comparative Sociology / Jon Oplinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oplinger, Jon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (188 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : McFarland & Company, Inc., 2022.
- Summary:
- Not your typical sociology primer, this straightforward yet challenging text begins with an accessible discussion of foundational theories, central concepts and areas of study. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology and history to illustrate key points, it offers a thorough examination of the field.
- Contents:
- How to explain society: different views
- Reliable knowledge
- Culture
- Social organization and stratification
- Economics: symbolic exchange, technology, wealth and colonialism
- Strategies of political control
- Demography
- Urbanism
- The sociology of religion
- How to manufacture deviance
- Collective behavior
- Sociology of war
- Social change
- Globalization
- Coda: the consolations of sociology.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3879-9
- 1-80316-171-X
- OCLC:
- 1371790602
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