Foreword Audrey I. Richards; Author's preface to the third edition; Part I. Sociology: 1. What is sociology?; 2. Sociology and social anthropology; 3. What sociologists do; Part II. Social Institutions: 4. Kinship, marriage and the family; 5. Technology, economy and society; 6. Social class; 7. Aggression, conflict and social control; 8. Magic, religion and society; Notes; Index.
The third edition of An Introduction to Sociology, with major revisions to the text.
'This is a thoroughly sound and authoritative introduction to
sociology written with a simple directness and clarity that is
difficult in any subject and rare indeed in sociology. Care has
been taken with the vocabulary and concepts are skilfully
clarified. In consequence it is a work that can be genuinely
recommended to an uninitiated reader, unlike many so-called
introductory texts.' The Times Educational Supplement
' … the sociological perspective takes on new gravity when familiar
concepts like law, custom, legitimacy and authority are viewed in
regard to the management of historically continuing social
conflict. The African setting, in fact, gives the author's
presentation of sociological variables the seriousness that one
finds in such great thinkers as Plato, Hobbes, Marx and Weber - but
not often in introductory text.' American Sociological Review
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