Authors:Margaret L. Andersen, Howard F. Taylor,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: essentials, sociology
Number of Pages: 552
Published: 2006-02-22
List price: $107.95
ISBN-10: 0495006831
ISBN-13: 9780495006831

Andersen & Taylor is a theoretically balanced, mainstream, brief text characterized by its emphasis on diversity. In every chapter, students explore research and data that illustrate how class, race-ethnicity, gender, age, geographic residence, and sexual orientation relate to the topics covered. This text provides a solid research orientation to the basic principles of sociology while maintaining an accessible style, appealing to the ever-changing student population, and inviting students to view the world through a sociological lens. This highly integrated, research-oriented, contemporary ex

Authors:Margaret L. Andersen, Howard F. Taylor,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: semester, printed, access, card, infotracâ®, cengagenow, understanding, diverse, society, updated, sociology
Number of Pages: 691
Published: 2007-02-22
List price: $111.95
ISBN-10: 0495007420
ISBN-13: 9780495007425

Examine the sociological meaning in Hurricane Katrina, same-sex marriage, the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison and scores of modern, compelling issues such as these in Andersen and Taylor’s updated new edition of this easy-to-understand text. The book uses research and data to illustrate how class, race-ethnicity, gender, age, geographic residence, and sexual orientation relate to key sociological topics.. Andersen and Taylor inspire you to think for yourself about sociology with the book’s "Debunking Society’s Myths" features and critical thinking exercises. End-of-chapter summar

Authors:Margaret L. Andersen, Howard F. Taylor,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: infotracâ®, society, diverse, understanding, sociology
Number of Pages: 691
Published: 2005-03-08
List price: $170.95
ISBN-10: 0534617166
ISBN-13: 9780534617165

Andersen & Taylor is a theoretically balanced, mainstream, comprehensive text characterized by its emphasis on diversity. In every chapter, students explore research and data that illustrate how class, race-ethnicity, gender, age, geographic residence, and sexual orientation relate to the topics covered. This text provides a solid research orientation to the basic principles of sociology while maintaining an accessible style, appealing to the ever-changing student population, and inviting students to view the world through a sociological lens. This highly integrated, research-oriented, con

Authors:Margaret L. Andersen, Howard F. Taylor,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: essentials, sociology
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2010-01-01
List price: $122.95
ISBN-10: 0495812234
ISBN-13: 9780495812234

This mainstream book is characterized by its superior scholarship, accessible writing style, unmatched coverage of diversity, and unparalleled, integrated technology resources. Treating diversity as central to the rich fabric of our society, the authors include research and data that illustrate how class, race-ethnicity, gender, age, geographic residence, and sexual orientation relate to the topics covered. Speaking to students in a friendly and inviting way, the authors encourage them to think globally, question commonly held beliefs, assess different perspectives used by sociologists, and to

Authors:Margaret L. Andersen, Patricia Hill Colli,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: anthology, gender, class, race
Number of Pages: 578
Published: 2006-04-25
List price: $96.95
ISBN-10: 0495006890
ISBN-13: 9780495006893

RACE, CLASS, AND, GENDER, includes many interdisciplinary readings. The author’s selection of very accessible articles show how race, class, and gender shape people’s experiences, and help students to see the issues in an analytic, as well as descriptive way. The book also provides conceptual grounding in understanding race, class, and gender; has a strong historical and sociological perspective; and is further strengthened by conceptual introductions by the authors. Students will find the readings engaging and accessible, but may gain the most from the introduction sections that h

Authors:Margaret L. Andersen, Patricia Hill Colli,
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: anthology, gender, class, race
Number of Pages: 570
Published: 2009-02-02
List price: $96.95
ISBN-10: 0495598828
ISBN-13: 9780495598824

RACE, CLASS, & GENDER: AN ANTHOLOGY demonstrates how the complex intersection between race, class, and gender (and also sexuality) shapes the human experience. Timely and diverse, this collection of articles by various authors addresses important and often controversial topics, such as prison, affirmative action, Muslim life in America, and the working poor, to provide readers with many different perspectives. To give the readings analytical context and highlight key social issues, each of the text’s four major parts begins with an in-depth introduction by co-editors Andersen and Hill Co

Authors:Margaret L. Andersen, Kim A. Logio, Howard F. Taylor
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: reader, wadsworth, sociology, introductory, society, understanding
Number of Pages: 571
Published: 2008-01-02
List price: $73.95
ISBN-10: 0495504300
ISBN-13: 9780495504306

and modern readings that were handpicked for timeliness, diversity, and interest. Students across the country find the articles included to be easy to understand and intriguing. UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTORY READER, Third Edition, includes the most up-to-date selection available today. Out of 70 total articles, 60 percent are new in this edition. New topics include Internet dating, school shootings, gay marriage, immigration, single motherhood, globalization, video games, and religious diversity. As always, the editors have included the top names in the field. Five themes run througho