Sociology : exploring the architecture of everyday life readings / David M. Newman, [and] Jodi O'Brien

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- About the Editors -- 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. Supporting Identity: The Presentation of Self -- 7. Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Family -- 8. Constructing Difference: Social Deviance -- 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. Global Dynamics and Population Demographic Trends -- 14. The Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society -- Credits.

"Providing provocative, eye-opening examples that illuminate the relationship between the individual and society, this Eight Edition of David M. Newman's and Jodi O'Brien's acclaimed Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Readings includes a mix of short articles, chapters, and excerpts. In addition to new readings and more coverage of global issues and world religions, the Eight Edition focuses on sociological theory, methodologies, and history to help students learn how to analyze what they read, as well as to understand how research is done and how today's theories developed over time."