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A text for undergraduates, covering major perspectives in sociology and key findings of contemporary American research. Overarching themes are the pace of social change and the globalizing of social life. Treatment takes a comparative stance and a historical approach, with coverage of gender issues, the micro and macro link, and relations between the social and the personal. Concepts are explained as they are introduced with concrete examples. Includes chapter summaries and concept review boxes. Giddens is affiliated with the London School of Economics. Duneier is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and the University of California-Santa Barbara. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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In Anthony Giddens's Introduction to Sociology, students learn from a perspective unmatched by other texts: one that applies a global perspective to the core introductory topics and recognizes the field;'' historical foundations without losing sight of contemporary theory and research. Giddens builds the basic introductory material around several central themes-the changing world, the globalization of social life, life in other societies, history and gender-that provide students with a useful organizational structure to help them learn the multiplicity of idea and topics presented in the introductory course. With Giddens's Introduction to Sociology, students are given the necessary foundations to understand the changing world around them,
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