Sociology

This best-selling comprehensive text shares the excitement of sociology with the acclaimed “down-to-earth” approach that highlights the sociology of everyday life.

The Seventh Edition of this highly regarded text retains all the features that have made previous editions so successful. The author has a unique ability to engage students without sacrificing content or talking down to them. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin shares his passion for sociology with his readers like no other author of an introductory text can.

• Theoretically balanced, this text covers all major topics in an introductory course.

• One-column design with wide margins showcases the text's celebrated photo and art program.

• Many of the popular chapter-opening vignettes are drawn from the author's personal experiences.

• Contains two separate chapters on stratification: one on stratification in the United States (Ch. 10), and one on global stratification (Ch. 9).

• “Down-to-Earth Sociology” boxes highlight the sociology of everyday life.

• “Cultural Diversity” boxes illustrate diversity in U.S. society and around the world.

• The outstanding supplements package supports a wide range of instructional settings including small discussion groups, large lecture halls, telecourses, and online or Web-based courses.

• This text is also available as a SafariX WebBook. SafariX Textbooks Online is an exciting new choice for students looking to save money. As an alternative to purchasing the print textbook, students can subscribe to the same content online and save up to 50% off the suggested list price of the print text. Students can search the text, make notes online, print out reading assignments that incorporate lecture notes, and bookmark important passages for later review. For more information, or to subscribe to the SafariX WebBook, visit www.safarix.com.

• Every chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated, based on feedback from adopters, current data, and the latest research in the field of sociology.

• Fourteen completely new boxes reflect the most current issues and meaningful topics to students and instructors.

• Four new photo essays (“Through the Author's Lens”) based on the author's travel and research have been added to this edition: Subcultures (Ch. 1); Social Organization Following a Natural Disaster (Ch. 4); The Dump People of Phenom Penh, Cambodia (Ch. 9), Women at Work in India (Ch. 11).

• New topics and boxes include:

  • Part I–The contributions of Harriet Martineau; feminist ideas as part of the conflict perspective today; how middle and working-class parents view child development; differences in Eastern and Western perception and thinking; stereotypes in everyday life; a table with examples of open and closed survey questions.

  • Part II–a new study that questions Milgram's Small World Study; the Space Shuttle disasters as examples of Groupthink; NATO as an example of goal displacement; the decline of quality circles; social class bias in applying the death penalty; the drop in U.S. crime rates.

  • Part III–life after winning a lottery; new occupational prestige scores; rape at U.S. military academies; learning prejudice and the internalization of dominant norms; racism as an everyday burden for minorities; the New Centenarians; adjusting to the death of a loved one.

  • Part IV–civil liberties and homeland security; grandparents as parents; when work become home and home becomes work; the growth of and challenges for community colleges; Milwaukees experimental school voucher program; the secularization of religion; SARS; obesity as health problem; alternative medicine.

  • Part V–Federal Empowerment Zones; an eyewitness account of the Tulsa Riots; the Internet and the uncertainty of life; international terrorism as a social movement; the incorporation of Russia into the G7 (now G8), the threat of China's ascent, the G8's changing view of Africa.

• New to the Supplement Package:

  • Life in Society: Readings to Accompany Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 7/e –this brief reader, with one selection chosen and introduced by Jim Henslin to accompany each chapter in the text, can be purchased separately or packaged with the text for an additional $5 net.

  • The PowerPoint™ Presentation CD-ROM now contains electronic art files from the text.

  • Selected questions from the Test Bank and Computerized Testing programs also contain art from the text.

  • Photo essays from the text, with audio narrative from Jim Henslin, are included on both the Powerpoint™ Presentation CD-ROM and the Premium Resource CD-ROM.

  • A Tutor Center Access Card can be packaged for FREE with the text, and comes automatically with the Study Guide Plus. The Study Guide for Native Spanish Speakers is now a FREE online supplement and can be accessed through the Companion Website for this text.

  • Free faculty and student guides for adopters using this book with the Exploring Sociology telecourse are available at www.ablongman.com/sociologytelecourse.

Each chapter concludes with “Summary and Review.”

I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.

II. SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL CONTROL.

III. SOCIAL INEQUALITY.

IV. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

V. SOCIAL CHANGE.

Introductory Sociology  [COMPREHENSIVE]   (Sociology)

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  Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 9/E
  Henslin
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 816 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205570232 | ISBN-13: 9780205570232
  Brief Description

  

  This best selling comprehensive text shares the excitement of sociology with the acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach that highlights the sociology of everyday life.

   

  The 9th Edition of this highly regarded text retains all the features that have made previous editions so successful. The author has a unique ability to engage students without sacrificing content or talking down to them. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin shares his passion for sociology with his readers like no other author of an introductory text can.

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  Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 10/E
  Henslin
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 792 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205688624 | ISBN-13: 9780205688623
  Brief Description

  

  Down-to-Earth Approach

   

  James Henslin shares the excitement of sociology, with his acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style that highlight the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, he shares with readers his passion for sociology.

   

  In addition to this trademark down-to-earth approach, other distinctive features include:
  

   

  Comparative perspectives. Two important themes are global comparisons - the diversity of social life across cultures and societies - and comparisons over time - what society used to be like, and how it has changed.

   

  The Globalization of Capitalism. Many examples highlight the ways in which our global economy influences the skills and knowledge we need, the work we do, and the cost of goods and services.

   

  Visual Presentations of Sociology. Outstanding maps, graphs, and photos grab students' interest and aid comprehension.

• 
  Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 10/E
  Henslin
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 792 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205688624 | ISBN-13: 9780205688623
  Brief Description

  

  Down-to-Earth Approach

   

  James Henslin shares the excitement of sociology, with his acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style that highlight the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, he shares with readers his passion for sociology.

   

  In addition to this trademark down-to-earth approach, other distinctive features include:
  

   

  Comparative perspectives. Two important themes are global comparisons - the diversity of social life across cultures and societies - and comparisons over time - what society used to be like, and how it has changed.

   

  The Globalization of Capitalism. Many examples highlight the ways in which our global economy influences the skills and knowledge we need, the work we do, and the cost of goods and services.

   

  Visual Presentations of Sociology. Outstanding maps, graphs, and photos grab students' interest and aid comprehension.

• 
  Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 10/E
  Henslin
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 792 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205688624 | ISBN-13: 9780205688623
  Brief Description

  

  Down-to-Earth Approach

   

  James Henslin shares the excitement of sociology, with his acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style that highlight the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, he shares with readers his passion for sociology.

   

  In addition to this trademark down-to-earth approach, other distinctive features include:
  

   

  Comparative perspectives. Two important themes are global comparisons - the diversity of social life across cultures and societies - and comparisons over time - what society used to be like, and how it has changed.

   

  The Globalization of Capitalism. Many examples highlight the ways in which our global economy influences the skills and knowledge we need, the work we do, and the cost of goods and services.

   

  Visual Presentations of Sociology. Outstanding maps, graphs, and photos grab students' interest and aid comprehension.

	Life in Society Reader | Through the Author's Lens (pdf with audio, 332K)
	Study Guide for Native Spanish Speakers (pdf)

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James M. Henslin, who was born in Minnesota, graduated from high school and junior college in California and from college in Indiana. Awarded scholarships, he earned his Master�s and doctorate degrees in sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After this, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health, and spent a year studying how people adjust to the suicide of a family member. His primary interests in sociology are the sociology of everyday life, deviance, and international relations. Among his more than a dozen books is Down to Earth Sociology (Free Press), now in its eleventh edition, a book of readings that reflects some of these sociological interests. He has also published widely in sociology journals, including Social Problems and American Journal of Sociology. While a graduate student, James Henslin taught at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. After completing his doctorate, he joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, where he is Professor Emeritus of Sociology. He says, "I've always found the introductory course enjoyable to teach. I love to see students' faces light up when they first glimpse the sociological perspective and begin to see how society has become an essential part of how they view the world." Henslin enjoys spending time with his wife, reading, and fishing. His two favorite activities are writing and traveling. He especially enjoys living in other cultures, for this brings him face to face with behaviors and ways of thinking that he cannot take for granted, experiences that "make sociological principles come alive."

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