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Introduction to Sociology (Seventh Edition)

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The book [2nd Edition] is very easy to read and understand. A must for students of other fields who want to have a peep into sociology without spending too much time. This book discusses the major question of modern sociology. Not only does it give the reader fast insight into some major matters of sociology, but it also saves the reader many hours of unnecessary reading for an introduction to the subject.

I have used this book along a more traditional sociology text book, Gellles and Levine 6th Edition, and this book has taken more and more of lecture time. I like the fact that it pust sociology into a global perspective, though I do think some of the examples are geared toward traditional, middle class university students, and not the working class, non traditional students I work with at a community college. However, compared to the G/L book this text is much shorter and conscise. A great introductory text book for sociology, with personal examples to think critically and sociologically about globalization. I also like its inclusion of feminist theory and general gender issues through out the book, not just in the gender chapter. I highly recommend it.

The (distinguished) authors give a newcomer to sociology an indepth introduction. Explaining the main concepts in the field. While also trying to imbue the student with an enthusiasm for sociology. The text is well polished, as it should be for a fifth edition.

The book surveys various human communities throughout the world, to give a basis for comparative analysis. By doing so, the reader should gain an appreciation for other modes of living. And also how to analyse one's own society or subsets of it, in an objective manner.

I thought this book was really helpful in introducing the basic terms and concepts of Sociology. Everything is clear cut and really easy to understand. This is a great book if you're just starting to learn about Sociology. If you are already a pro then you probably will only need this book to refresh some basic concepts.

This book may give you the "meat and potatoes" of sociology but unfortunetly it doesn't give you more than that. If your goal is to put some of your curiosity into perspective this is propably the book. But if you want to understand the field of sociology as an academic discipline this suffers from not focusing on theories but on themes. It will spark the "sociological imagination" but I will not read the book again and again.

This book may be helpful in high school but for college and up you need to supplement (or replace) it with one which focus on theories and theorists like "Classical & Modern Social Theory" by Heine Andersen and Lars Bo Kaspersen which is the best introduction to theorists from Marx to Giddens IMO. THIS is the book that will follow me always.

This text is an excellent, well-organized compilation of basic sociology. It incorporates many recent examples- i.e. the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and presents the concepts in a way that is easy to absorb...that's pretty much it; an overall great text.

Easy to understand and showed a lot of examples that applied to the modern society today.

Easy to read. Concise information presented in logical succession and format. Useful graphs and diagrams to complement reading.

I ordered this book along with two others, I received the others in a reasonable amount of time, a little over a week, I ordered them so I would get them in time for school, unfortunately I still have not received this one. It has now been almost three weeks.

Despite verifying the editor and edition online, when the book arrived, it was not the correct one. I ordered for my niece who needed it for classes and we ended up wasting a week or two waiting for this book and then having to get it from somewhere else.