The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the ConversationThis lively and concise supplemental text uses analyses of everyday conversations and experiences to inspire students to think sociologically about society and about themselves as social actors. |
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Page 109
... social class as their parents . To see tendencies we must watch closely , over time , to see what happens and how often . Smokers , for instance , develop lung cancer at about eleven times the rate for non - smokers . Men get about a 45 ...
... social class as their parents . To see tendencies we must watch closely , over time , to see what happens and how often . Smokers , for instance , develop lung cancer at about eleven times the rate for non - smokers . Men get about a 45 ...
Page 113
... social class end up in that same social class , that is hardly evidence of uniqueness . We can truthfully say that the usual tendency is for there to be little class mobility . So if 10 percent do achieve class mobility , that is just ...
... social class end up in that same social class , that is hardly evidence of uniqueness . We can truthfully say that the usual tendency is for there to be little class mobility . So if 10 percent do achieve class mobility , that is just ...
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... social class . " It seemed that she had taken my point to be that the values and tastes of the rich were better than those of the poor . I said that that was not at all what I meant . As we talked , I realized why this student had ...
... social class . " It seemed that she had taken my point to be that the values and tastes of the rich were better than those of the poor . I said that that was not at all what I meant . As we talked , I realized why this student had ...
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