Society in focus
Subtitle: an introduction to sociology
By: William E. Thompson,  Joseph V. Hickey.
Contributors: Hickey, Joseph V.
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Pearson Education Logo; Allyn & Bacon
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 672
Subjects: Sociology
Table of contents: title: The sociological perspective; title: Discovering sociology 1; title: Doing sociology 27; title: The social framework; title: Culture and society 55; title: Socialization 89; title: Social interaction in everyday life 119; title: Social groups and organizations 143; title: Social differentiation and inequality; title: Deviance and conformity 169; title: Social stratification and the u.s. class system 205; title: Global stratification 237; title: Race and ethnicity 269; title: Sex and gender 303; title: Age and the elderly 339; title: Social institutions; title: Families 369; title: Education 401; title: Religion 437; title: Politics and war 469; title: The economy and work 503; title: Health and medicine 533; title: Social change; title: Population, urbanization, and ecology 561; title: Social change, collective behavior, and the future 58.