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Description: Thirteenth edition. To my fellow sociologists, who do such creative research on social life and who communicate the sociological imagination to generations of students. With my sincere admiration and appreciation. Wright Mills: Theory. Values in U. Society 56 An Overview of U. What Determines Social Class? The Social Functions. Diversity in U. Who Lives in the City? Sociology is fascinating because it is.
If you like to watch people and try to figure out why they do what they do, you will like sociology. Sociology pries open the doors of society so you can see what goes on behind them. Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach stresses how profoundly our society and the groups to which we belong influence us. Social class, for example, sets us on a particular path in life.
For some, the path leads to more education, more interesting jobs, higher income, and better health, but for oth- ers it leads to dropping out of school, dead-end jobs, poverty, and even a higher risk of illness and disease. These paths are so significant that they affect our chances of making it to our first birthday, as well as of getting in trouble with the police.
