Up-to-date coverage of current topics added including use of Facebook and other virtual networks by college students and U.S. troops in the Middle East, the Sociological approach to the study of the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech, the isolation of Iraqi youths from their peers as a result of increased terrorism and crime, the social effects of cell phone use in developing countries, and much more.
New chapter-opening vignettes including a look at Earth Day on the Washington Mall as seen through the eyes of a Sociologist, the Police department in Mt. Vernon, New York's efforts to bridge the language barrier in police work and the practice of self-injury.
Updated statistical figures including "Household Income in the United States, 2006" and "World-Systems Analysis at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century".
New "Use Your Sociological Imagination" exercises found throughout the text encourage students to think critically about sociological concepts.
New and updated data tables found throughout the text including "Sociological Perspectives on Culture" to include the feminist perspective, "Mead's Stages of the Self", "Sociological Perspectives on Global Inequality", "Summing Up" tables and much more.
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