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This best selling comprehensive text shares the excitement of sociology with the acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach that highlights the sociology of everyday life. The Sociological Perspective; Culture; Socialization; Social Structure and Social Interaction; How Sociologists Do Research; Societies to Social Networks; Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations; Deviance and Social Control; Global Stratification; Social Class in the United States; Sex and Gender; Race and Ethnicity; The Elderly; The Economy; Politics; Marriage and Family; Education; Religion; Medicine and Health; Population and Urbanization; Collective Behavior and Social Movements; Social Change and the Environment. KEY For anyone interested in developing a better understanding of society and social interactions.

A Down-to-Earth Approach Henslin's popular brief paperback text shares the excitement of sociology, with its acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style that highlight the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. James Henslin has a unique ability to engage students without talking down to them or sacrificing content. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, he shares with readers his passion for sociology. Students are guided on their sociological journey with: Down-to-Earth Approach Comparative Perspectives Globalization of Capitalism Visual Presentations of Sociology

Henslin's best-selling brief paperback text shares the excitement of sociology–its acclaimed “down-to-earth” approach and personal writing style highlight the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. This text is a brief version of the highly regarded hardcover introductory text, Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 7/e. The essential 15 chapters cover all of the topics in the 22-chapter text, and retain the dual emphases on micro and macro (individual and structural) sociology. James Henslin has a unique ability to engage students without talking down to them or sacrificing content. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, he shares with readers a passion for sociology unmatched by any other introductory text.

Down-to-Earth Approach   Adapted from Henslin’s best-selling comprehensive text, Core Concepts provides in-depth coverage of ten high-priority topics that are the foundation of many introductory sociology courses.   This unique paperback offers a concise and economical format without sacrificing depth of coverage. Unlike a “brief” or “essentials” text, the ten chapters that make up Core Concepts are not edited down from a longer book. Instead, they provide full coverage of those topics that instructors emphasize the most in a one-semester or one-term introductory sociology course. Like Henslin’s other texts, it features the author's familiar “down-to-earth” approach and personal writing style that highlight the sociology of everyday life. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin shares with readers a passion for sociology unmatched by any other introductory text.

This brief and economical reader, edited by Jim Henslin, is specifically designed to be used as a companion toSociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach: Core Concepts. There are two readings per text chapter, to support the kind of in-depth study of high-priority topics that Core Concepts is designed for. New to this Edition *Diary of a Homeless Man by John R. Coleman *Learning Silence: Boys and Girls in School by Peggy Orenstein *Inside Organized Racism by Kathleen M. Blee *The American Family by Stephanie Coontz