Introduction to sociology
By: Henry L. Tischler
Publisher: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] /
Subjects: Sociology
Description: Examining society and trying to understand how it works is an ... absorbing process. As you delve into this ... discipline, you'll quickly come to see how it applies to many areas of your life and how it is used in day-to-day activities. [This] is the ideal text to show you how society shapes people - and how people shape society. -Back cover.
Notes: Originally published: Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2007. 9th ed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-541).

Distribution is restricted to RFB&D members who have a documented print disability such as a visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability.
Table of contents: title: Study of society: Sociological perspective; Doing sociology, research methods; title: Individual in society: Culture; Socialization and development; Society and social interaction; Social groups and organizations; Deviant behavior and social control; title: Social inequality: Social class in the United States; Global stratification; Racial and ethnic minorities; Gender stratification; title: Institutions: Marriage and alternative family arrangements; Religion; Education; Political and economic systems; title: Social change and social issues: Population and urban society; Health and aging; Collective behavior and social change; title: Glossary.