Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies
ISBN-10
0078026709
ISBN-13
9780078026706
Series
Global Sociology
Category
Social Science
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
2012-01-05
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Authors
Linda Schneider, Arnold Silverman

Description

An effective supplement to any standard sociology text, this broad and comprehensive sociological description of five diverse contemporary societies with wide geographic distribution - Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany and the San peoples of Namibia - is organized around basic sociological topics: culture, social structure, group life, socialization, deviance, social institutions, social stratification, and social change. Fictional vignettes of individuals in each country help students experience first-person viewpoints on life in five very different societies. By comparing other societies with their own, students read about the range of social variation, learn what makes their own society distinctive, and gain a unique and fascinating vantage point on what sociology offers in a world of rapid social change.

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