Mapping the Social Landscape: Readings in Sociology, 4/e
Susan J. Ferguson,
Grinnell College
ISBN: 0072878991 Copyright year: 2005
What's New
Twenty new selections (starred in the table of contents) include recent works by Michael Schwalbe, Eugenia Kaw, Kathleen M. Blee, Mark Colvin, A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade, Kingsley Davis, Wilbert E Moore and Melvin Tumin, Barbara Ehrenreich, Michael Omi and Howard Winant, Jennifer Lee and Frank D. Bean, Charlie Le Duff, Donald L. Bartlett and James B. Steele, Gregory Mantsios, Todd Gitlin, Mark Chaves, Talcott Parsons, Johanna McGeary, Ann Arnett Ferguson, Ann Crittenden, Charles Derber, and Amitai Etzioni
New Issues covered include: Asian American women and cosmetic surgery, women in racist groups, the New Mexico State Prison riot, fraternities and sexual assault, the working poor, racial dynamics at a slaughterhouse, American Indians and casinos, mass media distortion of social class, the globalization of American media, current faith practices among Americans, HIV/AIDS in Africa, African American boys and racial and gender stereotyping in public schools, the mommy tax, community building, and Iraq and the War on Terrorism
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