Social Things
An Introduction to the Sociological Life
5th Edition
Published on 16. August 2011
264 pages
978-1-4422-1163-6 (ISBN)
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Description
In fifteen years, Charles Lemerts Social Things has become a much-loved modern classic among teachers, students, and many other readers for introducing the sociological imagination through lively, memorable stories and interpretations. This fifth edition is fresh: the history of sociology section is updated to incorporate new discussions of the way sociological ideas have spread into numerous other fields to inform the new post-disciplinary social theory, the book now includes original yet practically vivid presentations of globalization, queer theory, critical race theory, and much else, and an entirely new chapter, ",Global Things on a Fragile Planet,", addresses the environmental crises that challenge our global world. Lemert focuses on man-made disasters like the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill in 2010 and natural tragedies like the 2011 earthquakes and tsunami in Japan in which the fragility of organized human life and the sociological incompetence of many social structures are dramatically illustrated.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
978-1-4422-1163-6 (9781442211636)
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08/2011
5th Edition
Rowman & Littlefield
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