Preface: To Our Readers
Instructors: How to Make This Book Work for You
A Personal Note to the Instructor
Acknowledgments
Part I. Understanding Our Social World: The Scientific Study of
Society
1. Sociology: A Unique Way to View the World
2. Examining the Social World: How Do We Know?
Part II. Social Structure, Processes, and Control
3. Society and Culture: Hardware and Software of Our Social
World
4. Socialization: Becoming Human and Humane
5. Interaction, Groups, and Organizations: Connections That
Work
6. Deviance and Social Control: Sickos, Perverts, Freaks, and Folks
Like Us
Part III. Inequality
7. Stratification: Rich and Famous--or Rags and Famine?
8. Race and Ethnic Group Stratification: Beyond "We" and "They"
9. Gender Stratification: She/He--Who Goes First?
Part IV. Institutions
10. Family: Partner Taking, People Making, and Contract
Breaking
11. Education: What Are We Learning?
12. Religion: The Meaning of Sacred Meaning
13. Politics: Penetrating Power
14. Medicine: An Anatomy of Health and Illness
Part V. Social Dynamics
15. Population and Urbanization: Living on Spaceship Earth
16. The Process of Change: Can We Make a Difference?
References
Credits
Glossary/Index
Jeanne H. Ballantine is Emerita Professor of Sociology at Wright
State University, a state university of about 17,000 students in
Ohio. She has also taught at several 4-year colleges, including an
“alternative” college and a traditionally Black college, and at
international programs in universities abroad. She has been
teaching introductory sociology for more than 30 years with a
mission to introduce the uninitiated to the field and to help
students see the usefulness and value in sociology. She has been
active in the teaching movement, shaping curriculum, writing and
presenting research on teaching, and offering workshops and
consulting in regional, national, and international forums. She is
a Fulbright Senior Scholar and serves as a Departmental Resources
Group consultant and evaluator.
Jeanne has written several textbooks, all with the goal of reaching
the student audience. As the original director of the Center for
Teaching and Learning at Wright State University, she scoured the
literature on student learning and served as a mentor to teachers
in a wide variety of disciplines. Local, regional, and national
organizations have honored her for her teaching and for her
contributions to helping others become effective teachers. In 1986,
the American Sociological Association’s Section on Undergraduate
Education (now called the Section on Teaching and Learning in
Sociology) recognized her with the Hans O. Mauksch Award for
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching of Sociology. In 2004, she
was honored by the American Sociological Association with its
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award. In 2010, the North
Central Sociological Association awarded her the J. Milton Yinger
Award for Distinguished Career in Sociology.
Keith A. Roberts (1947-2018) was Professor Emeritus of Sociology at
Hanover College in Indiana. In 2000, he received the Hans O.
Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate
Sociology from the ASA Section on Teaching and Learning, and in
2010, his work in the scholarship of teaching and learning was
recognized with the American Sociological Association’s
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award.
“The text is very thought-provoking, and gives the reader a sense
of placement within society, however it may be defined. The book
really helps positively reinforce what subjects our Professor
lectures on. I definitely appreciate all the hard work that went in
to this book, it has captured my curiosity and I′m sure it will
continue to do so for quite some time.” - Houston Griffith, student
at Virginia Tech
*Houston Griffith*
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SOCIOLOGY, reviewed by Catherine Fobes and Laura von Wallmenich
*Catherine Fobes and Laura von Wallmenich*
“This is my first time teaching this course, but I know the strong
reputation of this text and it therefore was my first choice when I
started prepping my Intro class.”
*Ervin (Maliq) Matthew*
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