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Hot topics make for the best discussions. SOCIOLOGICAL ODYSSEY: CONTEMPORARY READINGS IN INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY covers it all, whether the issue is Internet dating, the black middle class, homosexuality, the straight edge movement, welfare recipients, or children's clique behavior. You'll not only get easy to understand sociological theory, you'll also get the study tools and discussion questions you need to ace the test.

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Patricia A. Adler (Ph.D., University of California, San Diego) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In 1999, she was named Outstanding Teacher in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and in 2005 she received the Outstanding Researcher Award for the Boulder campus. In 2004, Adler was awarded the Mentor Excellence Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. She has written and taught in the areas of deviance, social psychology, sociology of gender, and the sociology of children. A second edition of her book, WHEELING AND DEALING (Columbia University Press), a study of upper-level drug traffickers, was published in 1993.

Peter Adler is Professor of Sociology at the University of Denver, where he served as chair from 1987 to 1993. His research interests include social psychology, qualitative methods, and the sociology of sport and leisure. Dr. Adler was honored with the University Lecturer Award (1997) and as the Outstanding Scholar/Teacher (2005) at the University of Denver, and in 2005 the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) named him Feminist Mentor of the Year. Dr. Adler is past co-president of the Midwest Sociological Society, and he received his doctorate from the University of California, San Diego.

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  • Paperback: 472 pages
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing; 2 edition (January 31, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0534628001
  • ISBN-13: 978-0534628000
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #375,091 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great for Intro Sociology classes, November 26, 2007
I've just used this in my Intro Sociology classes and got great feedback from my students. They especially liked how the readings were relatively short, giving them a bite-size chunks of sociological ideas. A major problem in intro classes is that there is so much material to cover, so the brief pieces are a help. My favorite entry in it was Michael Kimmel's updating of Horace Minor's "Body Ritual Among the Nacerima." Everyone (except a few frat boys) found it hilarious. I also appreciated the (too) short piece on the lives of illegal immigrants. I would've had more on race, but there is enough variety for any prof/instructor to find good readings in her/his area to focus on. And (of course) thank you for making sure ethnography is included in discussions of methods. (It's the Adlers!).
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