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"WELCOME TO SOCIOLOGY! I've loved sociology since I was in my teens, and I hope you enjoy it, too. Sociology is fascinating because it is about human behavior, and many of us find that it holds the key to understanding social life. 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 others 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. They even influence our satisfaction in marriage, the number of children we will have-and whether or not we will read this book in the first place"--

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Credits and Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Fourteenth Edition -- About the Contributors -- Part I: The Sociological Perspective -- Chapter 1: Invitation to Sociology -- Chapter 2: What Is Sociology? Comparing Sociology and the Other Social Sciences -- Chapter 3: The Promise -- Part II: Doing Sociological Research -- Chapter 4: How Sociologists Do Research -- Chapter 5: "Riding the Bull at Gilley's": Convicted Rapists Describe the Rewards of Rape -- Chapter 6: Would You Hire an Ex-Convict? -- Chapter 7: Doing Research with Streetcorner Crack Dealers -- Part III: The Cultural Context of Social Life -- Chapter 8: Body Ritual Among the Nacirema -- Chapter 9: Doing Fieldwork Among the Yanomamö -- Chapter 10: The Sounds of Silence -- Chapter 11: Sympathy in Everyday Life -- Chapter 12: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life -- Part IV: Socialization and Gender -- Chapter 13: Extreme Isolation -- Chapter 14: On Becoming Male: Reflections of a Sociologist on Childhood and Early Socialization -- Chapter 15: On Becoming Female: Lessons Learned in School -- Chapter 16: Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds -- Chapter 17: "But What Do You Mean?" Women and Men in Conversation -- Part V: Social Groups and Social Structure -- Chapter 18: Attacking Nicely: Women Selling Cars -- Chapter 19: Religion and Morality in Weight Loss Groups -- Chapter 20: Behavior in Pubic Places: The Sociology of the Vaginal Examination -- Chapter 21: The Lives of Homeless Women -- Chapter 22: Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead -- Part VI: Deviance and Social Control -- Chapter 23: If Hitler Asked You to Electrocute a Stranger, Would You? Probably -- Chapter 24: Eating Your Friends Is the Hardest: The Survivors of the F-227 -- Chapter 25: Becoming a Hit Man.