Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life

by David M. Newman

Overview

This introductory textbook uses familiar experiences to explain the concepts basic to sociology, including individuals, society, the social construction of knowledge, culture and history, socialization and identity, the presentation of the self, intimacy and family, deviance, organizations and institutions, stratification and class, race and ethnicity, sex and gender, demographic trends, and change. Newman teaches sociology at DePauw University. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544373850
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/10/2020
Edition description:	13th Edition
Pages:	584
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

David M. Newman earned his BA from San Diego State University in 1981 and his graduate degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle (MA 1984, Ph D 1988). After a year at the University of Connecticut, David taught at De Pauw University for more than 30 years. He currently teaches at Colgate University. David teaches courses in contemporary society, deviance, mental illness, family, social inequality, and research methods. He has published numerous articles on teaching and has presented research papers on the intersection of gender and power in intimate relationships. Recently most of his scholarly activity has been devoted to writing and revising several books, including Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life: Brief Edition (SAGE, 2020); Identities and Inequalities: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (Mc Graw-Hill, 2021); and Families: A Sociological Perspective (Mc Graw-Hill, 2009). His most recent book, A Culture of Second Chances: The Promise, Practice and Price of Starting Over in Everyday Life (Lexington Books, 2019), examines the cultural meaning, institutional importance, and social limitations of “second chance” and “permanent stigma” narratives in everyday life.

Table of Contents

Glossary

Index

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART I. THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY

1. Taking a New Look at a Familiar World

2. Seeing and Thinking Sociologically

PART II. THE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF AND SOCIETY

3. Building Reality: The Social Construction of Knowledge

4. Building Order: Culture and History

5. Building Identity: Socialization

6. Building Image: The Presentation of Self

7. Constructing Difference: Social Deviance

8. Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Families

PART III. SOCIAL STRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE

9. The Structure of Society: Organizations and Social Institutions

10. The Architecture of Stratification: Social Class and Inequality

11. The Architecture of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity

12. The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender

13. The Global Dynamics of Population: Demographic Trends

14. Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society

References

Credits

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