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082 _a301
_bBIL
100 _aBilton, Tony
245 0 _aIntroductory sociology
260 _bPalgrave macmillan
_c1981
_aNew York
300 _axxxiii, 596p.
504 _aPART 1 CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS Studying Society Today Living in Modernity Globalization and Modernity PART 2 SOCIAL DIVISIONS AND POWER Social Divisions The Significance of Social Class Gender Relations Race and Ethnicity Power, Politics and the State PART 3 DIMENSIONS OF MODERN SOCIAL LIFE Family Life Education Work and Employment The Mass Media Health, Illness and Medicine Crime Knowledge, Belief and Religion PART 4 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY AND METHOD Principles of Sociological Research Foundations of Social Theory Making Social Life: Theories of Action and Meaning Modernity, Postmodernity and Social Theory.
520 _aIntroductory Sociology is one of the most ambitious, scholarly and popular textbooks in its field. This welcome new edition builds on the strengths of its predecessor in its thematic coherence, clarity of exposition and analytical depth. It is carefully structured to cover all the main substantive topics studied at an introductory level within a framework that engages with exciting contemporary debates about modernity, globalization and social identity.
650 _aLiving in Modernity
650 _aGlobalization and Modernity
650 _aKnowledge, Belief and Religion
700 _aBonnett, Kevin
_eCo-author
700 _aJones, Pip
_eCo-author
700 _aLawson, Tony
_eCo-author
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