Sociology
Subtitle: a brief introduction
By: Richard T. Schaefer.
Edition: 8th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 469
ISBN-13: 9780073404264
Subjects: Sociology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding sociology; title: Sociological research; title: Culture; title: Socialization and the life course; title: Social interaction, groups, and social structure; title: The mass media; title: Deviance and social control; title: Stratification and social mobility in the United States; title: Global inequality; title: Racial and ethnic inequality; title: Stratification by gender; title: The family and intimate relationships; title: Education and religion; title: Government and the economy; title: Health, medicine, and the environment; title: Social change in the global community.