Introductory Courses

Welcome to our Introductory Sociology publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:

Reflect our high scholarly standards
Speak effectively to today's college students
Represent the most current pedagogical trends

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Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology

Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis

Thirty Readings in Introductory Sociology

Second Edition

Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis

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	Forced Out and Fenced In: Immigration Tales From the Field Retail Price to Students: $34.99 Tanya Maria Golash-Boza 9780190633455 Paperback June 2017 Through compelling personal narratives, this innovative and accessible collection brings students into the lives of those trapped in the labyrinths of our country's immigration laws
	The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the Conversation Fifth Edition Retail Price to Students: $49.99 Michael Schwalbe 9780190620660 Paperback February 2017 A lively and concise text that inspires students to think sociologically about society and about themselves as social actors
	Writing in Sociology: A Brief Guide Retail Price to Students: $29.99 Lynn Smith-Lovin and Cary Moskovitz 9780190203924 Paperback November 2016 The ideal pocket-sized manual for sociology students who want to improve their writing
	Thirty Readings in Introductory Sociology Second Edition Retail Price to Students: $39.95 Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis 9780190277604 Paperback June 2016 The only introductory sociology reader that communicates the foundational "big lessons" of the discipline in a classic - qualitative - quantitative framework
	Social Problems: An Introduction to Critical Constructionism Fifth Edition Retail Price to Students: $79.99 Robert Heiner 9780190236724 Paperback September 2015 Synthesizes conflict theory and social constructionism to help students think critically about social problems
	Studying Human Societies: A Primer and Guide Twelfth Edition Retail Price to Students: $74.99 Patrick Nolan 9780199375547 Paperback November 2014
	Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology Twelfth Edition Retail Price to Students: $154.99 Patrick Nolan and Gerhard Lenski 9780199382453 Paperback October 2014 This classic introduction to sociology text takes a macro, comparative, and historical approach
	The Sociology of American Drug Use Third Edition Retail Price to Students: $129.99 Charles E. Faupel, Greg S. Weaver, and Jay Corzine 9780199935901 Paperback February 2013 A true sociological approach to the study of American drug use
	Sociology Fourth Edition Retail Price to Students: $109.99 James Fulcher and John Scott 9780199563753 Paperback May 2011 An authoritative and theoretically grounded approach to sociology
	The Study of Social Problems: Seven Perspectives Seventh Edition Retail Price to Students: $144.99 Earl Rubington and Martin Weinberg 9780199731879 Paperback February 2010 The most theoretical social problems anthology available
	Conflicting Interests: Readings in Social Problems and Inequality Retail Price to Students: $84.99 Robert Heiner 9780195375077 Paperback November 2009 A concise, affordable, cutting-edge collection of articles that takes a critical constructionist approach to social problems
	One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance Retail Price to Students: $15.95 Jill Quadagno 9780195312034 Paperback October 2006 A probing look at the forces that keep America the only industrialized nation without universal health care
	Flat Broke with Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform Retail Price to Students: $19.95 Sharon Hays 9780195176018 Paperback October 2004 In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed in America, the first book to explore the impact of recent welfare reform on women
	One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All Retail Price to Students: $65.00 Mark Robert Rank 9780195101683 Hardcover April 2004 Rank provides us with a new paradigm for understanding poverty and outlines an innovative set of strategies that will reduce American poverty.
	Social Blueprints: Conceptual Foundations of Sociology Retail Price to Students: $99.99 David K. Brown 9780195162264 Paperback February 2004
	Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Best Case Retail Price to Students: $74.00 Hugo Adam Bedau and Paul G. Cassell 9780195169836 Hardcover February 2004 An illuminating, even-handed look at one of the most troubling issues confronting our society
	The Essential Sociologist: An Introduction Retail Price to Students: $144.99 Beth B. Hess, Peter J. Stein, and Susan A. Farrell 9780195329995 Paperback March 2001 "A rich picture of a complex field with a history, competing schools of thought, and interdisciplinary roots."--From the Foreword by Judith Lorber
	Social Problems: Causes, Consequences, Interventions Second Edition Retail Price to Students: $189.99 Jack Levin, Kim Mac Innis, Walter F. Carroll... 9780195329759 Paperback August 1999 An introductory text that covers a wide range of social problems.
	Troubled Times: Readings in Social Problems Retail Price to Students: $164.99 Robert H. Lauer and Jeanette C. Lauer 9780195329872 Paperback August 1999 This provocative anthology introduces students to a wide-ranging spectrum of social problems in the United States.

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