
Human Societies Eleventh Edition - Study Guide
A Primer and Guide
Paradigm (Publisher)
Published on 1. August 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
182 pages
978-1-59451-669-6 (ISBN)
Description
Authored by Patrick Nolan, the newly revised student supplement study guide for Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology, Eleventh Edition prepares your students for class by providing them with general tips, guidelines, and strategies on how to read the text effectively and apply it to the subjects covered in your syllabus. The study guide also shows students how to read and interpret tables and figures of data, how to take notes on readings and in class, and how to take a variety of tests from multiple choice and true/false to essay tests.
Each chapter of the study guide includes a summary of the corresponding chapter in the text, a list of important terms, recommended further readings, and sample quiz questions with an answer key to help students understand the concepts and theories covered in the text and to prepare them for class discussion and test taking.
Each chapter of the study guide includes a summary of the corresponding chapter in the text, a list of important terms, recommended further readings, and sample quiz questions with an answer key to help students understand the concepts and theories covered in the text and to prepare them for class discussion and test taking.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59451-669-6 (9781594516696)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Patrick Nolan, Professor of Sociology at the University of South Carolina, is the recipient of the Mortar Board Teaching Award. Gerhard Lenski, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is the author of Power and Privilege and The Religious Factor. He is a recent recipient of the ASA Distinguished Career Award.
Content
Preface
Introduction: General Tips, Guidelines, and Strategies
Chapter 1: The Human Condition
Chapter 2: Human Societies as Sociocultural Systems
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Human Societies
Chapter 4: Types of Human Societies
Chapter 5: Hunting and Gathering Societies
Chapter 6: Horticultural Societies
Chapter 7: Agrarian Societies
Chapter 8: Some Evolutionary Bypaths and a Brief Review
Chapter 9: The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 10: Industrial Societies: Technologies and Economics
Chapter 11: Industrial Societies: Ideologies and Politics
Chapter 12: Industrial Societies: Social Stratification
Chapter 13: Industrial Societies: Population, the Family, and Leisure
Chapter 14: Industrializing Hybrid Societies
Chapter 15: Retrospect and Prospect
Appendix: Quiz Answers
Introduction: General Tips, Guidelines, and Strategies
Chapter 1: The Human Condition
Chapter 2: Human Societies as Sociocultural Systems
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Human Societies
Chapter 4: Types of Human Societies
Chapter 5: Hunting and Gathering Societies
Chapter 6: Horticultural Societies
Chapter 7: Agrarian Societies
Chapter 8: Some Evolutionary Bypaths and a Brief Review
Chapter 9: The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 10: Industrial Societies: Technologies and Economics
Chapter 11: Industrial Societies: Ideologies and Politics
Chapter 12: Industrial Societies: Social Stratification
Chapter 13: Industrial Societies: Population, the Family, and Leisure
Chapter 14: Industrializing Hybrid Societies
Chapter 15: Retrospect and Prospect
Appendix: Quiz Answers