Essentials of Sociology
A Down-to-Earth Approach
11th Edition
Published on 20. March 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-13-380354-9 (ISBN)
Description
A Down-to-Earth Approach ?
James Henslin shares the excitement of sociology in Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 11/e. With his acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style, the author highlights the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin stimulates students' sociological imagination so they can better perceive how the pieces of society fit together. In addition to this trademark down-to-earth approach, other distinctive features include: comparative perspectives, the globalization of capitalism, and visual presentations of sociology.
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MySocLab is an integral part of the Henslin learning program. Engaging activities and assessments provide a teaching a learning system that helps students see the world through a sociological lens. With MySocLab, students can develop critical thinking skills through writing, explore real-world data through the new Social Explorer, and watch the latest entries in the Core Concept Video Series.
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This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. It:
Personalizes Learning with MySocLab: MySocLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program. It helps students prepare for class and instructor gauge individual and class performance.
Explores a A Down-to-Earth Approach: This title highlights the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives.
Improves Critical Thinking: Features throughout help build critical thinking skills.
Understands Social Change: An important theme of the text, social change over time, examines what society was previously like, how it has changed, and what the implications are for the present and future.
Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, Eleventh Edition is also available via REVEL (TM), an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn. Learn more.
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James Henslin shares the excitement of sociology in Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 11/e. With his acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style, the author highlights the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin stimulates students' sociological imagination so they can better perceive how the pieces of society fit together. In addition to this trademark down-to-earth approach, other distinctive features include: comparative perspectives, the globalization of capitalism, and visual presentations of sociology.
?
MySocLab is an integral part of the Henslin learning program. Engaging activities and assessments provide a teaching a learning system that helps students see the world through a sociological lens. With MySocLab, students can develop critical thinking skills through writing, explore real-world data through the new Social Explorer, and watch the latest entries in the Core Concept Video Series.
?
This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. It:
Personalizes Learning with MySocLab: MySocLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program. It helps students prepare for class and instructor gauge individual and class performance.
Explores a A Down-to-Earth Approach: This title highlights the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives.
Improves Critical Thinking: Features throughout help build critical thinking skills.
Understands Social Change: An important theme of the text, social change over time, examines what society was previously like, how it has changed, and what the implications are for the present and future.
Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, Eleventh Edition is also available via REVEL (TM), an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn. Learn more.
ALERT:?Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you?select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition,?you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products.
?
Packages
Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase.
?
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Edition
11th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
1116 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-380354-9 (9780133803549)
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James M. Henslin
Essentials of Sociology
Book
03/2016
12th Edition
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€174.54
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Person
James M. Henslin was born in Minnesota, graduated from high school and junior college in California and from college in Indiana. Awarded scholarships, he earned his Master's and doctorate degrees in sociology at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. After this, he was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health, and spent a year studying how people adjust to the suicide of a family member. His primary interests in sociology are the sociology of everyday life, deviance, and international relations. He has published widely in sociology journals, including Social Problems and American Journal of Sociology. While a graduate student, Jim Henslin taught at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. After completing his doctorate, he joined the faculty at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, where he is Professor Emeritus of Sociology. He says, "I've always found the introductory course enjoyable to teach. I love to see students' faces light up when they first glimpse the sociological perspective and begin to see how society has become an essential part of how they view the world." Henslin enjoys reading and fishing. His two favorite activities are writing and traveling. He especially enjoys visiting and living in other cultures, for this brings him face to face with behaviors and ways of thinking that he cannot take for granted, experiences that "make sociological principles come alive."
Content
Part I: The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 2: Culture
Chapter 3: Socialization
Chapter 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction
Chapter 5: Social Groups and Formal Organizations
Part II: Social Groups and Social Control
Chapter 6: Deviance and Social Control
Part III: Social Inequality
Chapter 7: Global Stratification
Chapter 8: Social Class in the United States
Chapter 9: Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 10: Gender and Age
Part IV: Social Institutions
Chapter 11: Politics and the Economy
Chapter 12: Marriage and Family
Chapter 13: Education and Religion
Part V: Social Change
Chapter 14: Population and Urbanization
Chapter 15: Social Change and the Environment
Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 2: Culture
Chapter 3: Socialization
Chapter 4: Social Structure and Social Interaction
Chapter 5: Social Groups and Formal Organizations
Part II: Social Groups and Social Control
Chapter 6: Deviance and Social Control
Part III: Social Inequality
Chapter 7: Global Stratification
Chapter 8: Social Class in the United States
Chapter 9: Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 10: Gender and Age
Part IV: Social Institutions
Chapter 11: Politics and the Economy
Chapter 12: Marriage and Family
Chapter 13: Education and Religion
Part V: Social Change
Chapter 14: Population and Urbanization
Chapter 15: Social Change and the Environment