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The interactive eBook is FREE when bundled with the print version! Your students save when you bundle the print version with the interactive eBook edition. Use bundle ISBN 978-1-4833-8816-8. To access a demo chapter of the Interactive eBook, go to http://store.vitalsource.com Log in to VitalSource Bookshelf or create an account by clicking on "Login" or "Create an Account."Go to the demo chapter: http://store.vitalsource.com/show/9781506301457DEMOClick "Add to cart." Note: You will not be charged for this free trial demo.Click "Check Out."Enter your university affiliation and click "Purchase." You will not be charged for this free chapter demo.Click "Read the book online" and the demo will open in VitalSource Bookshelf's reader.Or click on the Our Social World Interactive eBook: Introduction to Sociology, Fifth Edition book cover from your bookshelf to view the demo chapter. This dynamic Interactive eBook goes way beyond highlighting and note-taking! Your students can read their mobile-friendly eBook anywhere, anytime with easy access across desktop, smartphone, and tablet devices. Using the VitalSource Bookshelf (R) platform, they can download the book to a personal computer and read it offline, share notes and highlights with instructors and classmates who are using the same eBook, and "follow" friends and instructors as they make their own notes and highlights. By simply clicking on icons in the eBook, your students can experience a broad array of integrated multimedia resources including engaging video and audio, as well as access to relevant academic and professional articles.Learn more about this exciting Fifth Edition!
Contents
PART I Understanding Our Social WorldChapter 1: Sociology: A Unique Way to View the WorldChapter 2: Examining the Social World: How Do We Know?PART II Social Structure, Processes, and ControlChapter 3: Society and Culture: Hardware and Software of Our Social WorldChapter 4: Socialization Becoming Human and HumaneChapter 5: Interaction, Groups, and Organization: Connections That WorkChapter 6: Deviance and Social Control: Sickos, Weirdos, Freaks, and Folks Like UsPART III InequalityChapter 7: Stratification: Rich and Famous- or Rags and Famine?Chapter 8: Race and Ethnic Group Stratification: Beyond "Us" and "Them"Chapter 9: Gender Stratification: She/He-Who Goes First?PART IV InstitutionsChapter 10: Family: Partner Taking, People Making, and Contract BreakingChapter 11: Education: What Are We Learning?Chapter 12: Religion: The Social Meaning of Sacred MeaningChapter 13: Politics and Economics: Penetrating Power and PrivilegeChapter 14: Health Care: An Anatomy of Health And IllnessPART V: Social DynamicsChapter 15: Population and Urbanization: Living on Planet EarthChapter 16: The Process of Change: We Can Make a Difference!
