Classic Readings In Sociology

by Howard, Eve

• ISBN13: 9780495187394
• ISBN10: 0495187399
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-28
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

A resounding best seller, this series of classic articles written by key sociologists and social thinkers will compliment any introductory sociology textbook. This reader serves as a foundation where students can read original works that teach the fundamental ideas of sociology. Priced right as a stand-alone and free when bundled with Wadsworth introductory texts, this brief reader is a convenient and painless way to bring the "great thinkers" to your students.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
The Promise of Sociology	1	(5)
C. Wright Mills
Topic: theory
Invitation to Sociology	6	(4)
Peter L. Berger
Topic: theory
Manifesto of the Communist Party	10	(8)
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Topic: theory
Body Ritual Among Nacirema	18	(5)
Horace Miner
Topic: culture
Manifest and Latent Functions	23	(2)
Robert K. Merton
Topic: culture
The Self	25	(8)
George Herbert Mead
Topic: socialization
The Presentation of Self	33	(6)
Erving Goffman
Topic: social interaction
The Normality of Crime	39	(2)
Emile Durkheim
Topic: crime, deviance, social control
On Being Sane in Insane Places	41	(8)
D. L. Rosenhahn
Topic: deviance, socialization
The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All	49	(5)
Herbert J. Gans
Topic: stratification
The Souls of Black Folk	54	(5)
W. E. B. Du Bois
Topic: race and ethnicity
Women and Economics	59	(12)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Topic: gender, work
The Power Elite	71	(6)
C. Wright Mills
Topic: politics
Savage Inequalities	77	(7)
Jonathan Kozol
Topic: education
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism	84	(6)
Max Weber
Topic: religion
Glossary	90