Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780078026706)

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.

Author: Linda Schneider, Arnold Silverman
ISBN-10: 0078026709
ISBN-13: 9780078026706
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Language: English
Published: 01/05/2012
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 0.60d