Understanding sociology /

[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...

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Main Author: Calhoun, Craig J., 1952-
Other Authors: Light, Donald, 1942- (Joint Author.), Keller, Suzanne (Joint Author.), Harper, Keller (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : McGraw - Hill, c1995.
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Summary:[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.
Physical Description:xxvii, 651 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [593]-618) and indexes.
ISBN:0070112258