Preface vii Part I THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE 1 • C. Wright Mills THE PROMISE 1 —classic piece on the sociological imagination 2. Donna Gaines TEENAGE WASTELAND: Suburbia's Dead-End Kids 7 —applying the sociological imagination to teen suicide 3. Mary Romero AN INTERSECTION OF BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY: My Intellectual Journey 19 —applying the sociological imagination to domestic service SOCIAL RESEARCH 4. Michael Schwalbe FINDING OUT HOW THE SOCIAL WORLD WORKS 33 —a summary of what it means to be sociologically mindful 5. Craig Haney, W. Curtis Banks, and Philip G. Zimbardo INTERPERSONAL DYNAMICS IN A SIMULATED PRISON 43 —classic piece on the research design of Zimbardo's famous experiment 6. Mitchell Duneier SIDEWALK 53 —an ethnographic study of street vendors in New York City Part II CULTURE 61 7. Barry Glassner THE CULTURE OF FEAR: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things 61 —one perspective of American culture 8. Paula England and Reuben J. Thomas THE DECLINE OF THE DATE AND THE RISE OF THE COLLEGE HOOK UP 69 —an investigation into the dating culture on one college campus 9. Sabeen Sandhu INSTANT KARMA: The Commercialization of Asian Indian Culture 78 —how culture and identity are transformed when commercialized 10. Haunani-Kay Trask LOVELY HULA HANDS: Corporate Tourism and the Prostitution of Hawaiian Culture 88 —an examination of cultural commodification and exploitation Part III SOCIALIZATION 96 11. Judith Lorber “NIGHT TO HIS DAY”: The Social Construction of Gender 96 —the socialization of gender identity 12 Betsy Lucal WHAT IT MEANS TO BE GENDERED ME: Life on the Boundaries of a Dichotomous Gender System 108 —one woman's narrative of gender identity and performance 13. Robert Granfield MAKING IT BY FAKING IT: Working-Class Students in an Elite Academic Environment 123 —working class identity and law school socialization 14. Gwynne Dyer ANYBODY'S SON WILL DO 135 —resocialization into the total institution of the military Part IV GROUPS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE 147 15. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler PEER POWER: Clique Dynamics among School Children 147 —a study of the structure and interactional dynamics among school children's groups 16. Martín Sánchez Jankowski GANG BUSINESS: Making Ends Meet 162 —a functional analysis of a primary group 17. Christine L. Williams SHOPPING AS SYMBOLIC INTERACTION: Race, Class, and Gender in the Toy Store 172 —an example of secondary group relationships and interaction 18. Mark Colvin DESCENT INTO MADNESS: The New Mexico State Prison Riot 183 —an example of social structure breaking down Part V DEVIANCE, CRIME, AND SOCIAL CONTROL 197 19. David L. Rosenhan ON BEING SANE IN INSANE PLACES 197 —classic piece on labeling and social deviance 20. Penelope A. McLorg and Diane E. Taub ANOREXIA NERVOSAAND BULIMIA: The Development of Deviant Identities 207 —the social construction of deviant identities 21. Paul Draus and Robert G. Carlson DOWN ON MAIN STREET : Drugs and the Small-Town Vortex 218 —an ethnographic study of the social networks of illicit drug use in rural small towns 22. A. Ayres Boswell and Joan Z. Spade FRATERNITIES AND COLLEGIATE RAPE CULTURE: Why Are Some Fraternities More Dangerous Places for Women? 234 —the social organization of crime Part VI SOCIAL INEQUALITY 247 SOCIAL CLASS 23. Kingsley Davis and Wilbert E. Moore with a Response by Melvin Tumin SOME PRINCIPLES OF STRATIFICATION 247 —classic piece on the functions of social stratification 24. G. William Domhoff WHO RULES AMERICA ?: The Corporate Community and the Upper Class 257 —the lifestyles and social institutions of the upper class 25. Thomas M. Shapiro THE HIDDEN COST OF BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality 270 —an examination of social class and racial differences in wealth 26. Barbara Ehrenreich NICKEL-AND-DIMED: On (Not) Getting By in America 282 —an exploration of the lives of the working poor GENDER 27. Barbara Risman GENDER AS STRUCTURE 295 —a review of four theories that explain sex and gender 28. C. J. Pascoe “DUDE, YOU'RE A FAG?”: Adolescent Male Homophobia 305 —an examination of masculinity and homophobia in high schools 29. Amy Young et al. DRINKING LIKE A GUY: Frequent Binge Drinking Among Undergraduate Women 314 —research on drinking and gender identity among college women 30. Meika Loe WORKING AT BAZOOMS: The Intersection of Power, Gender, and Sexuality 330 —an investigation of gender, sexuality, and power in the workplace RACE AND ETHNICITY 31. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva “NEW RACISM,” COLOR-BLIND RACISM, AND THE FUTURE OF WHITENESS IN AMERICA 345 —the persistence of whiteness and racial inequality in America 32. Charlie LeDuff AT A SLAUGHTERHOUSE, SOME THINGS NEVER DIE 361 —an examination of the racial dynamics at one workplace site 33. Katherin M. Flower Kim OUT OF SORTS: Adoption and (Un)Desirable Children 371 —how race and racism influence adoption decisions 34. Elijah Anderson THE COSMOPOLITAN CANOPY 384 —an enthnographic account of how urban spaces can transform race relations Part VII SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS 399 POWER AND POLITICS 35. C. Wright Mills THE POWER ELITE 399 —classic piece on the power elite 36. Dan Clawson, Alan Neustadtl, and Mark Weller DOLLARS AND VOTES: How Business Campaign Contributions Subvert Democracy 406 —an application of Mills' power elite 37. Charles Derber ONE WORLD UNDER BUSINESS 420 —the politics of globalization MASS MEDIA 38. Gregory Mantsios MEDIA MAGIC: Making Class Invisible 433 —how the mass media distort social class 39. Brigitte L. Nacos and Oscar Torres-Reyna MUSLIM AMERICANS IN THE NEWS BEFORE AND AFTER 9/11 441 —the U.S. media's treatment of Muslim Americans 40. Karen Sternheimer IT'S NOT THE MEDIA: The Truth about Pop Culture's Influence on Children 454 —an examination of media violence and its effects on children THE ECONOMY AND WORK 41. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY 468 —classic piece on the relationship between the capitalists and the workers 42. Robin Leidner OVER THE COUNTER: McDonald's 474 —an ethnographic study of routinization in work 43. Arlie Russell Hochschild THE TIME BIND: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work 489 —how individuals combine their work and home lives RELIGION 44. Max Weber THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM 499 —classic piece on the influence of religion on the economy 45. Steven P. Dandaneau RELIGION AND SOCIETY: Of Gods and Demons 506 —a sociological overview of the institution of religion 46. Russell Shorto FAITH AT WORK 516 —how some Christians are bringing faith into the workplace HEALTH AND MEDICINE 47. Lillian B. Rubin SAND CASTLES AND SNAKE PITS 527 —an examination of how deinstitutionalization increased the numbers of mentally ill among the homeless 48. Eric Klinenberg DYING ALONE: The Social Production of Urban Isolation 534 —the health consequences of the 1995 Chicago heat wave 49. David A. Karp ILLNESS AND IDENTITY 547 —an interview study of people with depression EDUCATION 50. Mary Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes CIVILIZE THEM WITH A STICK 561 —education as an institution of social control 51. Jonathan Kozol STILL SEPARATE, STILL UNEQUAL: America 's Educational Apartheid 568 —racial segregation in American schools 52. Ann Arnett Ferguson BAD BOYS: Public Schools in the Making of Black Masculinity 580 —racial and gender stereotyping in American schools THE FAMILY 53. Andrew J. Cherlin THE DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION OF AMERICAN MARRIAGE 589 —an examination of the weakening of social norms in the institution of marriage 54. Ann Crittendon THE MOMMY TAX 601 —the income discrimination faced by working mothers 55. Annette Lareau INVISIBLE INEQUALITY: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White Families 611 —an examination of social class differences in parenting and child rearing in African American and white families Part VIII SOCIAL CHANGE 627 56. Charles L. Harper and Kevin T. Leicht AMERICAN SOCIAL TRENDS 627 —-an overview of social change in America 57. D. Stanley Eitzen THE ATROPHY OF SOCIAL LIFE 641 —how social isolation is affecting society 58. Allan G. Johnson WHAT CAN WE DO? Becoming a Part of the Solution 649 —social change strategies to deal with privilege and oppression | 
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