Down to Earth Sociology: 14th Edition: Introductory Readings, Fourteenth EditionFor thirty-five years and through thirteen editions, Jim Henslin's Down to Earth Sociology has opened new windows onto the social realities that shape our world. Now in its fourteenth edition, the most popular anthology in sociology includes new articles on our changing world while also retaining its classic must-read essays. Focusing on social interaction in everyday life, the forty-six selections bring students face-to-face with the twin projects of contemporary sociology: understanding the individual's experience of society and analyzing social structure. The fourteenth edition's exceptional new readings include selections on the role of sympathy in everyday life, mistaken perceptions of the American family, the effects of a criminal record on getting a job, and the major social trends affecting our future. Together with these essential new articles, the selections by Peter Berger, Herbert Gans, Erving Goffman, Donna Eder, Zella Luria, C. Wright Mills, Deborah Tannen, Barrie Thorne, Sidney Katz, Philip Zimbardo, and many others provide firsthand reporting that gives students a sense of "being there." Henslin also explains basic methods of social research, providing insight into how sociologists explore the social world. The selections in Down to Earth Sociology highlight the most significant themes of contemporary sociology, ranging from the sociology of gender, power, politics, and religion to the contemporary crises of racial tension, crime, rape, poverty, and homelessness. |
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Contents
THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE | 1 |
What Is Sociology? Comparing Sociology and | 8 |
The Promise C Wright Mills | 20 |
DOING SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH | 29 |
How Sociologists Do Research James M Henslin | 35 |
Convicted Rapists | 48 |
Would You Hire an ExConvict? Devah Pager | 63 |
Doing Research with Streetcorner Crack Dealers | 73 |
The Saints and the Roughnecks William J Chambliss | 299 |
The Pathology of Imprisonment Philip G Zimbardo | 315 |
What is normal? | 322 |
SOCIAL INEQUALITY | 335 |
The Importance of Being Beautiful Sidney Katz | 341 |
Fraternities and Rape on Campus Patricia Yancey Martin | 349 |
Showing My Color Clarence Page | 360 |
The Racist Mind Raphael Ezekiel | 369 |
THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL LIFE | 83 |
Doing Fieldwork Among the Yanomamö | 92 |
The Sounds of Silence Edward T Hall Mildred R Hall | 109 |
Sympathy in Everyday Life Candace Clark | 118 |
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Erving Goffman | 135 |
SOCIALIZATION AND GENDER | 147 |
Reflections of a Sociologist | 161 |
Lessons Learned in School | 173 |
Sexuality and Gender in Childrens Daily Worlds | 180 |
But What Do You Mean? Women and | 192 |
SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE | 199 |
Religion and Morality in Weight Loss Groups | 217 |
The Sociology of | 229 |
The Lives of Homeless Women Elliot Liebow | 242 |
Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead | 249 |
DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL | 265 |
The Survivors | 277 |
Becoming a Hit Man Ken Levi | 287 |
The Poor Pay All Herbert J Gans | 376 |
Moving Up from the Working Class Joan M Morris | 383 |
The U S Upper Class Stephen Higley | 395 |
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS | 407 |
The American Family Stephanie Coontz | 425 |
Giving Birth the American Way Robbie E DavisFloyd | 432 |
Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp Harry L Gracey | 446 |
Indias Sacred Cow Marvin Harris | 461 |
Police Accounts of Normal Force Jennifer Hunt | 470 |
Anybodys Son Will Do Gwynne Dyer | 481 |
SOCIAL CHANGE | 493 |
Resisting social change | 508 |
Women in the Military Laura L Miller | 518 |
Caught Between the Ages William Van Dusen Wishard | 535 |
Glossary | 547 |
Correlation Chart | 569 |
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