Sociology : exploring the architecture of everyday life /
David M. Newman, DePauw University.
- Tenth edition.
- xxix, 609 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART 1 THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY -- Taking a look at the unfamiliar world -- Seeing and thinking sociologically -- PART 2 THE CONSTRUCT OF SELF AND SOCIETY -- Building reality: the social construct of knowledge -- Building order: culture and history -- Building identity: socialilzation -- Supporting identity: the presentation of the self -- Building social relationships: intimacy and families -- Constructing difference: social deviance -- PART 3 SOCIAL STRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONS, AND EVERDAY LIFE -- The structure of society: organizations, social institutions, and globalization -- The architecture of stratification: social class and inequality -- The architecture of inequality: race and ethnicity -- The architecture of inequality: sex and gender -- Demographic dynamics: population trends -- Architects of change: reconstructing society.