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008 080908s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
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035 _a(Sirsi) i9780073404189
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035 _a(OCoLC)247962781
050 0 0 _aHM 585
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049 _aVF$A
100 1 _aSchneider, Linda.
245 1 0 _aGlobal sociology :
_bintroducing five contemporary societies /
_cLinda Schneider Arnold Silverman.
250 _a5th ed.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bMcGraw-Hill Companies,
_c2008.
263 _a0901
300 _axxii, 320 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aJapan: the importance of belonging -- Mexico: conflict and cooperation -- The bushmen of Namibia: ancient culture in a new nation -- Egypt: faith, gender, and class -- Germany: diversity in a modern nation-state -- For further reading -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 1 _a"An effective supplement to any standard sociology text, this broad and comprehensive sociological description of five diverse contemporary societies with wide geographic distribution - Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Germany, and the Bushmen of Namibia - is organized around basic sociological topics: culture, social structure, group life, socialization, deviance, social institutions, social stratification, and social change. Fictional vignettes of individuals in each country help students experience first-person viewpoints on life in five very different societies. By comparing other societies with their own, students read about the range of social variation, learn what makes their own society distinctive, and gain a unique and fascinating vantage point on what sociology offers in a world of rapid social change. The fifth edition has been fully updated to reflect recent economic and political changes. New and updated data is included in each chapter. Current concerns such as crime, drug trafficking, ethnic diversity, gender, income inequality, political Islam and social change in traditional societies are addressed throughout the book. The impact of and response to global economic changes is a continuing theme in every chapter." -- Publisher's information.
650 0 _aSociology.
650 0 _aSociology
_vCross-cultural studies.
700 1 _aSilverman, Arnold R.,
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