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9780743212083

Down to Earth Sociology: Introductory Readings

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  • ISBN13:

    9780743212083

  • ISBN10:

    0743212088

  • Edition: 11th
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-02-01
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Summary

With more than 225,000 copies of previous editions sold, this widely used reader, which supplements traditional sociology texts, has been revised to include stimulating new material for the introductory course as well as classic articles that all sociology students should know.

As in the former editions, the focus here is on participant observation -- giving students a sense of "being there" as some of the field's top practitioners conduct and report on their investigations. Articles examine diverse topics, ranging from the sociology of gender, power, politics, sports, religion, and wealth to the contemporary crises of violent crime, poverty, homelessness, and AIDS. An instructor's manual is available, with suggestions for teaching each selection, and a printed test bank and an electronic test file offer challenging questions to measure students' comprehension and knowledge. In addition, a convenient chart correlates each article in Down to Earth Sociology to related chapters in each of the thirty-eight most widely used introductory textbooks.

Table of Contents

Credits and Acknowledgments v
Preface to the Eleventh Edition xv
About the Contributors xix
I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 1(26)
Exploring the social world
Invitation to Sociology
3(5)
Peter L. Berger
An overview of sociology
What Is Sociology? Comparing Sociology and the Social Sciences
8(11)
James M. Henslin
The sociological imagination
The Promise
19(8)
C. Wright Mills
II. DOING SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH 27(44)
An overview of sociological methods
How Sociologists Do Research
33(12)
James M. Henslin
Interviewing in a difficult situation
``Riding the Bull at Gilley's'': Convicted Rapists Describe the Rewards of Rape
45(16)
Diana Scully
Joseph Marolla
Learning the ropes: Field research in an urban setting
Street Corner Society
61(10)
William Foote Whyte
III. THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL LIFE 71(54)
Ritual and magic in health care
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
75(5)
Horace Miner
Life among violent people
Doing Fieldwork Among the Yanomamo
80(15)
Napoleon A. Chagnon
Subtle conformance to internalized culture
The Sounds of Silence
95(9)
Edward T. Hall
Mildred R. Hall
Following rules we don't even know we have
The Rules for Giving Christmas Gifts
104(9)
Theodore Caplow
Impression management
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
113(12)
Erving Goffman
IV. SOCIALIZATION AND GENDER 125(50)
Learning to be human
Extreme Isolation
129(9)
Kingsley Davis
Learning the male role
On Becoming Male: Reflections of a Sociologist on Childhood and Early Socialization
138(11)
James M. Henslin
Learning the female role
On Becoming Female: Lessons Learned in School
149(7)
Donna Eder
Putting boundaries around the sexes
Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds
156(12)
Barrie Thorne
Zella Luria
Verbal and nonverbal communication
But What Do You Mean? Women and Men in Conversation
168(7)
Deborah Tannen
V. SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 175(52)
The gender of car selling
Attacking Nicely: Women Selling Cars
179(14)
Helene M. Lawson
Desexualizing social interaction
Behavior in Public Places: The Sociology of the Vaginal Examination
193(12)
James M. Henslin
Mae A. Biggs
Isolation in the city
Diary of a Homeless Man
205(13)
John R. Coleman
When social structure breaks down
Disaster at Buffalo Creek
218(9)
Kai Erikson
VI. DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL 227(64)
Conformity and the power of groups
If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger, Would You? Probably
231(7)
Philip Meyer
Doing the unthinkable
The Survivors of the F-227
238(9)
James M. Henslin
Drug dealing
Selling Crack
247(10)
Elijah Anderson
Labels and life
The Saints and the Roughnecks
257(15)
William J. Chambliss
The deviance of social control
The Pathology of Imprisonment
272(6)
Philip G. Zimbardo
What is normal?
On Being Sane in Insane Places
278(13)
David L. Rosenhan
VII. SOCIAL INEQUALITY 291(60)
Physical appearance
The Importance of Being Beautiful
297(7)
Sidney Katz
Gender oppression
Fraternities and Rape on Campus
304(10)
Patricia Yancey Martin
Robert A. Hummer
Race-ethnicity and identity
Showing My Color
314(8)
Clarence Page
Poverty and powerlessness
The Uses of Poverty: The Poor Pay All
322(7)
Herbert J. Gans
Poverty, education, and race-ethnicity
Savage Inequalities
329(9)
Jonathan Kozol
Wealth and power
The U.S. Upper Class
338(13)
Stephen Higley
VIII. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS 351(104)
Economics and politics
Life on the Global Assembly Line
355(9)
Barbara Ehrenreich
Annette Fuentes
Education
Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp
364(13)
Harry L. Gracey
Sports
The Great American Footbal Ritual
377(14)
Douglas E. Foley
Mass media
Beauty and the Beast of Advertising
391(4)
Jean Kilbourne
Marriage and family
Men Who Share ``The Second Shift''
395(15)
Arlie Hochschild
Anne Machung
Religion
India's Sacred Cow
410(8)
Marvin Harris
Medicine
The World of the Hospital
418(12)
Daniel F. Chambliss
Law
Police Accounts of Normal Force
430(11)
Jennifer Hunt
Military
The My Lai Massacre
441(14)
Herbert Kelman
V. Lee Hamilton
IX. SOCIAL CHANGE 455(53)
The rationalization of everyday life
The McDonaldization of Society
459(13)
George Ritzer
Resisting social change
Social Change Among the Amish
472(9)
Jerry Savells
Social movements
Women in the Military
481(16)
Laura L. Miller
Collective behavior
After Hurricane Andrew
497(11)
Kenneth J. Smith
Linda Liske Belgrave
Glossary 508(15)
Appendix: Correlation Chart 523(6)
Name Index 529(6)
Subject Index 535

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