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Essentials of Sociology
Linda L. Lindsey, Maryville University of St. Louis
Stephen Beach, Kentucky Wesleyan College

ISBN-10: 0130456039
ISBN-13: 9780130456038

Publisher: Pearson
Copyright: 2003
Format: Paper; 503 pp
Published: 10/28/2002
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For undergraduate Introduction to Sociology courses.

This brief introduction to sociology helps students understand sociological concepts and theory through examples. Students learn about important and relevant sociological issues in the context of classical theory to help them better understand sociology and its impact on their lives.

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How do you cover diversity?

Extraordinarily strong emphasis on diversity—Particularly the intersection of race, class, and gender.
- Provides students with facts and insight necessary for a three-dimensional view of sociology.

Diversity Data graphs—Present NORC data in graphic form throughout the book and show how a person's race, class, and gender affect how they live, what they like, and what they do.
- Shows students how perspectives are reflected in opinion data cross-tabbed by race, class, and gender (e.g., connections between health/income, health/higher education, and race/class).

Diversity Dimensions Online exercises—Delve into the impact of diversity on research methods, socialization, stratification, social institution, and collective behavior. Available on the Companion Website.
- Allows students to view interactive sociological data to determine the impact that race, class, and gender have on different parts of our society.

U.S. in Focus boxes—Highlight issues that people face in the United States that impact each of their lives.
- Enables students to better understand life in the United States through the sociological perspectives.

How do you help your students see the intersections of theories and applications to their daily lives?

Life Connections sections end each chapter—Chosen for their strong interest to students.
- Demonstrates how their personal lives can be better understood through various sociological theories.

Society Connections sections also end each chapter—Very applied sections that discuss the policy and issues which sociology has something to contribute from different perspectives in sociology
- Offers students the opportunity to see how issues and policies they see and hear about everyday are better understood with sociological theory.

Practicing Sociology boxes.
- Give students examples of sociology at work in the world around us, and illustrate how the sociological concepts can be applied to their everyday lives.

Then and Now boxes—Focus on sociological changes and how these changes reflect on current society.
- Show students how changes in our society are connected to what is going on today and what could occur in the future.

What topics are of high interest to your students?

Media Connections boxes—Study the explosion in technology and its effect on individuals and society, with such discussions as “Televangelism and the Electronic Church.”
- Help students see how the media and technology have changed the way we interact in our everyday lives, and how our behavior and decision-making are influenced by what we see and hear in the media.

Full chapter on Sexuality—Explores how our experiences affect the way we view sex and sexuality; deals with sensitive issues involved in the topic and addresses how it is fast becoming a growing area within sociology and society as people recognize the socially constructed nature of sexuality.
- Provides students with interesting and informative discussions on one of sociology's most talked about subjects.

Unique, separate, full-chapter treatment on Crime.
- Gives students current insights into this important area and its effect on society.

How do you draw comparisons between issues in other countries and in the U.S.?

Global Connections boxes—Show how various issues are understood in other countries as well as in the United States.
- Help students understand the differences and similarities between the U.S. and other societies.

Table of Contents

1. The Sociological Perspective.

2. Culture.

3. Social Structure and Formal Organizations.

4. Socialization and Social Interaction throughout the Life Course.

5. Sexuality.

6. Deviant Behavior.

7. Crime and Criminal Justice.

8. Stratification in Modern Societies.

9. Racial and Ethnic Minorities.

10. Gender.

11. The Family and Religion.

12. Education and Health.

13. The Political Economy and the Sociology of Work.

14. Population, Urbanization, and the Environment.

15. Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change.

Glossary.

References.

Photo Credits.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

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Professor Linda L. Lindsey received her B.A. from the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. She is the author of Gender Roles: Sociological Perspectives, Third Edition (Prentice Hall) and has also written various articles and conference papers on women in development, health and healthcare issues, refugees, internationalizing the sociology curriculum, and minority women in Asia, especially in China. Her major interest, both personally and professionally, is the developing world. She has traveled extensively in pursuing her research and teaching interests, especially in conjunction with the Asian Studies Development Program, a joint program of the East-West Center and University of Hawaii. While home in Sty Louis she enjoys swimming and hiking and is active in community service groups focusing on advocacy concerning women and children. Dr. Lindsey is currently Professor of Sociology at Maryville University of St. Louis.

Professor Stephen Beach received his A.B. in history from Stanford University, where he participated in a six-month overseas study program in Germany. He received his M.A. and his Ph.D. in sociology from Duke University, having spent a year researching social movement dynamics in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His primary sociological specialties include the sociology of religion and social movements. His personal interests include film, folk and rock music, and progressive politics. He shares his apartment with a large grey cat named Murgatroyd. Professor Beach is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Kentucky Wesleyan College.

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