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9780534570613
The new edition of an introductory sociology textbook aimed at undergraduates. Each chapter deals with a topic such as gender, social stratification, socialization, deviance and social control, race and ethnicity, economics and politics, demographics, education, and religion. Each chapter discusses the topic as it relates to the United States and some other specific country or organization. For example, the chapter on social stratification attempts to contextualize the issue by comparing stratification in the US to stratification in South Africa.Ferrante, Joan is the author of 'Sociology The United States in a Global Community' with ISBN 9780534570613 and ISBN 0534570615.
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