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Newman, David M., 1958-

Sociology : exploring the architecture of everyday life / David M. Newman. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c1995. - xxx, 547 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.



Contents

Preface

Chapters:

1. Private Lives in a Social World

2. Seeing and Thinking Sociologically

3. Building Reality: Social Research and the Construction of Knowledge

4. Building Order: Culture and History

5.Building Identity: The Social Construction of Self

6. Building Image: Managing Individual and Institutional Identities

7. Constructing Difference: Social Deviance

8. Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Family

9. Building Social Structure: Groups, Organizations and Institutions

10. The Architecture of Stratification: Class, Power and Inequality

11. The Architecture of Stratification: Poverty

12. The Architecture of Race: Racial and Ethnic Inequality

13. The Architecture of Gender: Women, Men and Inequality

14. The Architecture of Population: Demographic Trends

15. Architecture of Change: Reconstructing Society

Index 527

Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-525) and index.

ISBN: 0803990049 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sociology.

Dewey Class. No.: 301