In this brief edition of
Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, David Newman shows students how to see the 'unfamiliar in the familiar’—to step back and see predictability in their personal experiences. Through his approachable writing style and lively personal anecdotes, the author stays true to his goal of writing a textbook that 'reads like a real book.’ Newman uses the metaphors of 'architecture’ and 'construction, ’ to illustrate that society is a human c...
Spis treści
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
PART I. THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
Chapter 1. Taking a New Look at a Familiar World
Sociology and the Individual
The Insights ...
O autorze
David M. Newman earned his BA from San Diego State University in 1981 and his graduate degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle (MA 1984, Ph D 1988). After a y...