02011nam a2200301 a 4500 7042 BD-DhAAL 20150625094749.0 950125s1995 nyua b 001 0 eng d 95108152 0070112258 NjPRFB NjPRFB DLC BD-DhAAL HM51 .C283 1995 301 20 Calhoun, Craig J., 1952- 8341 Understanding sociology / Craig Calhoun, Donald Light, Suzanne Keller ; [Douglas Harper, photographer]. New York : McGraw - Hill, c1995. xxvii, 651 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [593]-618) and indexes. Study of sociology: Sociological perspective; Methods of sociological research; Culture; Interaction and social structure -- Individual and society: Socialization; Life course, from childhood to old age; Deviance and crime; Groups and organizations -- Inequality and power: Class and stratification; Race and ethnicity; Sex and gender -- Social institutions: Family; Education; Religion; Health and health care; Economics and work; Politics, the State, and war -- Global challenges: Third world; Population and environment; Communities and urbanization; Social movements and collective action; Social change -- Glossary. [The authors] have tried to make this a book students will want to read as well as a book from which they will learn about the best of contemporary and classical sociology.... The concepts of functional integration, power, social action, social structure, and culture are presented as major tools of sociological work.--Pref. 7042 Sociology. 12418 Light, Donald, 1942- 12419 Keller, Suzanne. 8344 ddc BK 34827 34827 0 0 ddc 0 301_000000000000000_CAL 0 54499 SCL SCL GEN 2015-06-25 Gift: The Asia Foundation 0 301 CAL 3020007042 2015-06-25 1 2015-06-25 BK