Andersen/Taylor’s “Sociology: The Essentials” 11th Edition, analyzes how society changes and how social factors, both dramatic and subtle, influence change and influence your life. Throughout the book, we ask you to apply sociological concepts to analyze and interpret the world you live in, strengthening your critical thinking. The book’s focus on debunking common myths helps you look behind the facades of everyday life, encouraging you to question common assumptions and better understand how society is constructed and sustained. This thorough yet streamlined text provides exceptional coverage of diversity, including social factors such as age, religion, sexual orientation and region of residence in addition to race, ethnicity, class and gender. This text is also available with MindTap.
1. Sociological Perspective.
2. Culture.
3. Doing Sociological Research.
4. Socialization and the Life Course.
5. Social Structure and Social Interaction.
6. Groups and Organization.
7. Deviance and Crime.
8. Social Class and Social Stratification.
9. Global Stratification.
10. Race and Ethnicity.
11. Gender.
12. Sexuality.
13. Families and Religion.
14. Education and Health Care.
15. Economy and Politics.
16. Environment, Population and Social Change.
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Margaret L. Andersen
Margaret L. Andersen (B.A., Georgia State University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware, where she has also served in several senior administrative positions, including most recently as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity. She holds secondary appointments in Black American Studies and Women and Gender Studies. She is the author of several books, including (among others) THINKING ABOUT WOMEN, recently published in its tenth edition; the best-selling anthology, RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER (co-edited with Patricia Hill Collins, now in its ninth edition); LIVING ART: THE LIFE OF PAUL R. JONES, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR; and ON LAND AND ON SEA: A CENTURY OF WOMEN IN THE ROSENFELD COLLECTION. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for Stanford University's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, the Past Vice President of the American Sociological Association, and Past President of the Eastern Sociological Society, from which she received the ESS Merit Award. She has also received two teaching awards from the University of Delaware and the American Sociological Association's Jessie Bernard Award.
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Howard F. Taylor
Howard F. Taylor has taught at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and Princeton University, where he is presently Professor of Sociology and former director of the African American Studies Center. He has published over fifty articles in sociology, education, social psychology, and race relations. His books include THE IQ GAME (Rutgers University Press), a critique of hereditarian accounts of intelligence; BALANCE IN SMALL GROUPS (Van Nostrand Reinhold), translated into Japanese; and the forthcoming RACE AND CLASS AND THE BELL CURVE IN AMERICA. He has appeared widely before college, radio, and TV audiences, including ABC's Nightline. Past president of the Eastern Sociological Society, Dr. Taylor is a member of the American Sociological Association and the Sociological Research Association, an honorary society for distinguished research. He is a winner of the DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award, given by the American Sociological Association for distinguished research in race and ethnic relations, and the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton University. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hiram College and has a Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University.
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New research focuses on important topics in today's society like mothers in college, resistance to vaccinations, gender-conforming children, political polarization and more.
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New examples discuss important cultural events and problems in the U.S., like the expanding development of AI, the rising influence of social media, voting behavior and more.
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Language used to describe diverse peoples and groups in society has been carefully reviewed and updated, particularly language around gender identity and visual abilities.
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Debunking Society’s Myths features show students how sociological perspectives can inform and challenge certain common assumptions and ways of seeing the world.
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What Would a Sociologist Say? boxes showcase sociological thinking, taking topics like the globalization of popular music and discussing how sociologists analyze the issue.
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Doing Sociological Research boxes show questions sociology researchers ask and the various qualitative and quantitative methods they use for investigating these questions.
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Applying the Sociological Imagination feature writing prompts that ask students to apply a sociological concept to observable events in their own lives.
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Understanding Diversity boxes include first-person accounts and other discussions of diversity and inequality, with an emphasis on issues of race, gender and class.