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020 _z141293706X
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035 _a(OCoLC)212783628
050 1 4 _aHM 586
_bB188o 2007
082 0 0 _a301
100 1 _aBallantine, Jeanne H.
245 1 0 _aOur social world :
_bintroduction to sociology /
_cJeanne H. Ballantine, Keith A. Roberts.
260 _aPrinceton, N.J. :
_bRecording for the Blind & Dyslexic,
_c2008.
300 _aSound disc :
_bdigital, mono. ;
_c4 3/4 in.
500 _aOriginally published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press, c2007.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 517-541).
505 0 _aUnderstanding our social world, the scientific study of society: Sociology, a unique way to view the world; Examining the social world, how do we know -- Social structure, processes, control: Culture and society, hardware and software of our social world; Socialization, becoming human and humane; Interaction, groups, and organizations, connections that work; Deviance and social control, sickos, perverts, freaks, and folks like us -- Inequality: Stratification, rich and famous, or rags and famine; Race and ethnic group stratification, beyond "we" and "they"; Gender stratification, she/he, who goes first -- Institutions: Family, partner taking, people making,and contract breaking; Education, what are we learning; Religion, the meaning of sacred meaning; Medicine, an anatomy of health and illness -- Social dynamics: Population and urbanization, living on spaceship Earth; Process of change, can we make a difference -- Glossary .
506 _aDistribution is restricted to RFB&D members who have a documented print disability such as a visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability.
520 _a[This text] introduces the discipline of sociology to the contemporary student and provides an integrated, comprehensible framework from which to view the world. In each chapter, [the authors] provide an organizing theme that is not exclusively tied to one theoretical paradigm to help students see relationships between topics. Although several books address global issues, [The text] presents the perspective of students living in the larger global world. -Publisher description.
650 0 _aSociology.
650 0 _aSociology
_vCross-cultural studies.
650 4 _aSociologĂ­a.
700 1 _aRoberts, Keith A.
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