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Sociology: perspective, theory, and method -- Culture -- Socialization: from infancy to old age -- Social interaction in everyday life -- Mass media and social media -- Groups and organizations -- Sexuality and society -- Deviance -- Social stratification -- Global stratification -- Gender stratification -- Race and ethnicity -- Economics and politics -- Family and religion -- Education, health, and medicine -- Population, urbanization, and environment -- Social change: modern and postmodern societies.

"Sociology, Seventeenth Edition Update, provides you with a comprehensive understanding of how this world works. You will find this title to be informative, engaging, and even entertaining. Before you have finished the first chapter, you will discover that sociology is both enlightening and useful, and it is also a great deal of fun. Sociology is a field of study that can change the way you see the world and open the door to many new opportunities. What could be more exciting than that?"--

Sociology's basic approach -- Sociology: studying social problems -- Problems of social inequality -- Economic inequality -- Racial and ethnic inequality -- Gender inequality -- Sexuality and inequality -- Problems of deviance, conformity, and well-being -- Aging and inequality -- Crime, violence, and criminal justice -- Alcohol and other drugs -- Problems of social inequality institutions -- Physical and mental health -- Social media -- Economy and politics -- Work and the workplace -- Family life -- Education -- Urban life -- Global problems -- Population and global inequality -- Technology and the environment -- War and terrorism -- Glossary -- References -- Credits -- Name and subject index.

About the author -- The foundations of sociology -- The sociological perspective -- Sociological investigation -- The foundations of society -- Culture -- Society -- Socialization -- Social interaction in everyday life -- Mass media and social media -- Groups and organizations -- Sexuality and society -- Deviance -- Social inequality -- Social stratification -- Social class in the united states -- Global stratification -- Gender stratification -- Race and ethnicity -- Aging and the elderly -- Social institutions -- The economy and work -- Politics and government -- Families -- Religion -- Education -- Health and medicine -- Social change -- Population, urbanization, and environment -- Collective behavior and social movements -- Social change: traditional, modern, and postmodern societies -- Glossary -- References -- Credits -- Author index -- Subject index