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The Promise of Sociology

Classical Approaches to Contemporary Society, Second Edition

Rob Beamish author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Published:29th Aug '16

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Beamish thoughtfully champions the authentic vision of sociology: freedom to explore, discover, and learn; freedom to disagree, dispute, and reject; freedom to be enabled by the rubrics and toolkit of sociology; freedom to be critical; freedom to be passionate about sociological inquiry; freedom to make the world a more equitable, safer, and better place for humanity. Such is the quest unveiled afresh in the new edition of The Promise of Sociology. -- Henry Allen, Wheaton College

Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context.

Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context.

The second edition of this award-winning book has been substantially revised, making more direct connections between Generation Z, Mills’s concept of the sociological imagination, and the challenges students face in higher education today. The section on popular culture contains a new chapter on the history of popular music from early rock ’n’ roll to contemporary pop and R&B. New chapter objectives, end-of-chapter review and reflection questions, key terms, and glossary, as well as an instructor’s manual, make this text much more useful in the classroom.

Engaging, accessible, and written in a lively and often humorous style. Highly recommended.

-- CHOICE

An introduction to the discipline and an exercise in critical thinking and learning.

-- Teaching Sociology

ISBN: 9781442634053

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm

Weight: 680g

416 pages

2nd edition