TY - BOOK AU - Thompson,William E. AU - Hickey,Joseph V. TI - Society in focus: an introduction to sociology SN - 0205516890 AV - HM586 .T47 2008 U1 - 301 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Boston PB - Pearson/Allyn and Bacon KW - Sociology N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 608-637) and index; The sociological perspective -- Discovering sociology 1 -- Doing sociology 27 -- The social framework -- Culture and society 55 -- Socialization 89 -- Social interaction in everyday life 119 -- Social groups and organizations 143 -- Social differentiation and inequality -- Deviance and conformity 169 -- Social stratification and the u.s. class system 205 -- Global stratification 237 -- Race and ethnicity 269 -- Sex and gender 303 -- Age and the elderly 339 -- Social institutions -- Families 369 -- Education 401 -- Religion 437 -- Politics and war 469 -- The economy and work 503 -- Health and medicine 533 -- Social change -- Population, urbanization, and ecology 561 -- Social change, collective behavior, and the future 58 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007014452.html ER -