Description: This is for the introductory sociology course where price and length are an issue. This Harcourt Press title is designed for the introduction to sociology course and features useful examples, frequent applications to real-world living, and cross-cultural perspectives. In the Harcourt Press tradition, and priced at only $29.95 to the student, this text includes a built-in Study Guide which has been completely revised for this edition. The author writes with a precision and clarity lacking in many sociology texts and makes the presentation of sociology both informative and interesting. This book was written to show how much the author loves this field, and he presents sociology as a set of accounts or narratives about specific sociological issues or events - in essence to tell the story of society. While doing this, Doob also offers extremely thorough coverage of sociology including strong theory, fundamental concepts, and sociological ideas.

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