Sociology
Release Date : 2016-01-08
ISBN 13: 1506305458
Page : 987 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (54 users)
Download PDF or read online Sociology Book by David M. Newman and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 987 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt/synopsis : In Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, Eleventh Edition, David M. Newman continues to show students how to see the “unfamiliar in the familiar”—to step back and see organization and predictability in their take-for-granted personal experiences. With his approachable writing style and lively personal anecdotes, the author’s goal since the first edition has been the same: to write a textbook that “reads like a real book.” Newman uses the metaphors of “architecture” and “construction,” to help students understand that society is not something that exists “out there,” independently of them; it is a human creation that is planned, formed, maintained, or altered by individuals. Using vivid prose, current examples, and fresh data, this text presents a unique and thought-provoking overview of how society is constructed and experienced. Instead of surveying every subfield in sociology, the more streamlined coverage focuses on the individual and society, the construction of self and society, and social inequality in the context of social structures.