Sociology: A Down-to-earth ApproachThis best-selling comprehensive text shares the excitement of sociology with the acclaimed down-to-earth approach that highlights the sociology of everyday life. The Seventh Edition of this highly regarded text retains all the features that have made previous editions so successful. The author has a unique ability to engage students without sacrificing content or talking down to them. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin shares his passion for sociology with his readers like no other author of an introductory text can. |
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... women's work " and was done by midwives , it was given low prestige . But when men took over this task , its ... women ( " State of ... " 2001 ) . Table 11.1 , which lists all the world's countries where less than half the women can read ...
... women's work " and was done by midwives , it was given low prestige . But when men took over this task , its ... women ( " State of ... " 2001 ) . Table 11.1 , which lists all the world's countries where less than half the women can read ...
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... WOMEN The women's struggle for equal rights has been long and hard . Shown here is a 1919 photo from the " first wave " of the U.S. women's movement . Only against enormous opposition from men did U.S. women win the right to vote . They ...
... WOMEN The women's struggle for equal rights has been long and hard . Shown here is a 1919 photo from the " first wave " of the U.S. women's movement . Only against enormous opposition from men did U.S. women win the right to vote . They ...
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... women to be satisfied with lower pay and fewer promotions , and relegate women to an inferior position in corporate life . And unless we have a “ daddy track , ” it also assumes that child rearing is women's work ( Starrels 1992 ) . A ...
... women to be satisfied with lower pay and fewer promotions , and relegate women to an inferior position in corporate life . And unless we have a “ daddy track , ” it also assumes that child rearing is women's work ( Starrels 1992 ) . A ...
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Social Structure and Social Interaction | 4 |
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Values in Sociological Research | 14 |
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