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041			_aeng
082	0	0	_a301 _221 _bCAU 1995
100	1		_aCalhoun, Craig J., _d1952- _9620
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding sociology / _cCraig Calhoun, Donald Light, Suzanne Keller ; [Douglas Harper, photographer].
260			_aNew York : _bMcGraw - Hill, _cc1995.
300			_axxvii, 653 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c26 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [593]-618) and indexes.
505	0		_a Study of sociology: Sociological perspective; Methods of sociological research; Culture; Interaction and social structure -- Individual and society: Socialization; Life course, from childhood to old age; Deviance and crime; Groups and organizations -- Inequality and power: Class and stratification; Race and ethnicity; Sex and gender -- Social institutions: Family; Education; Religion; Health and health care; Economics and work; Politics, the State, and war -- Global challenges: Third world; Population and environment; Communities and urbanization; Social movements and collective action; Social change -- Glossary.
520			_a[The authors] have tried to make this a book students will want to read as well as a book from which they will learn about the best of contemporary and classical sociology.... The concepts of functional integration, power, social action, social structure, and culture are presented as major tools of sociological work.--Pref.
590			_aUmme Habiba
650		0	_aSociology. _9587
700	1		_aLight, Donald, _d1942- _9621
700	1		_aKeller, Suzanne. _9622
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