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Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life By David M. Newman ( Pine Forge Press )
Release Date: 2008-01-09
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This book is available bundled with Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Readings, Seventh Edition (bundle ISBN: 978-1-4129-6151-6)
"When I first started teaching, I looked through tons of textbooks (and have repeated the process a couple of times since then). I have never found another textbook that I like as much as your book. I feel like it does the best job of showing students how to incorporate sociology into their own lives of any text I have seen. I also think your book does an excellent job of explaining symbolic interactionism and helping students understand the differences between the three theoretical perspectives."
-Heather Shay, Instructor and Ph.D. Student in Sociology The Seventh Edition of David Newman’s Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life invites students to delve into the fascinating world of sociological thought. Encouraging students to think more about how sociology applies to their everyday lives, this edition features updated coverage and fresh examples, including revamped micro-macro connections to help students understand the link between individual lives and the structure of society. New to the Seventh Edition - Presents new and updated coverage throughout, including new sections on Muslim-Americans, global warming, and sexual orientation
- Features Newman’s signature compelling writing style with slightly briefer chapters and integrated global content in each for a better fit with today’s courses
- Provides a more robust research methods section with innovative discussions of spuriousness in research, reading a research article correctly, and more, plus a new “Doing Social Research” feature
- Offers new examples from the myriad U.S. subcultures to engage students with examples that are relevant to their lives
- Features new and updated Micro-Macro Connections, including technology and erosion of privacy, the global health divide, and more, to help students make the link between their daily lives and the architecture of society
- Includes fresh examples and updated statistical information throughout the text, along with new exhibits and impactful visual essays
Ancillaries - Instructor’s Resources on CD-Rom are available to qualified instructors. Contact SAGE at info@sagepub.com or 1.800.818.7243 to request a copy.
- Student study site at www.pineforge.com/newman7study
Intended Audience
This core text is designed for students enrolled in Introduction to Sociology and Principles of Sociology courses in departments of sociology.
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This book is abosolutely fantastic and an easy read,a great text book, i even use it in my teachings at church but they don't know it,
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Sociology Text Review
The overall text was a pretty easy read and interesting. The text kept my attention and I loved the use of the author using personal examples when he would explain aspects of the architecture of our everyday life. It was not just a boring read but one of the best text books I actually looked forward to ready for my sociology class every night.
Some of the strengths in the text would have to be the personal touch the author added to make it more than just a text book of information but more enjoyable for a reader to compare to their own lives too. A weakness would have to be maybe a more organized arrange of the ideas to go in order. Make the book flow a little more smoothly. This book is by far the best college text book I've had because it kept my interest and attention. The facts seemed really up to date and I learned a lot from this good read.
I learned that everything around us is influenced by everything that we interact with and everything that interacts with us. Things from the micro view (small) to the macro view (big) all play a part in our every day lives and this book elaborates on each different aspect that can or does alter our way of living.
The author chooses this title for the reason that our life is built and altered by building blocks in the every day world. Whenever something changes in the social world affects us and helps build our character and our own personal views for things. I didn't really understand but every minor and major event that takes place in our world will always have some affect on a person it being for a good or bad way. It made me open my eyes to acknowledge every piece of society and life that has made me the type of person I have become and will grow to become as I get older.
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sociology text review, from walla walla community college student
I found this book to be interesting. I thought that the key issues that were talked were very important. I thought that it had very important topics that society as whole needs to look closely at. Overall I thought that this is a great text book for the class.
The things that I liked most about this text book are that it went straight to the point in most chapters. It did not wonder far from the topic of the chapter like some books do. It gave you what was necessary for the topic and that is what I like. There was no loop whole that it took you through to get to where it was going. One draw back from this is the fact that it is almost boring to read. I had a hard time staying truly interested in reading the book because of this, it was vary robotic. However with all of this said I would rather read something that is straight to the point rather than something that carries on nonsense.
One thing that I really like about this text is its affordability. Most text books are well into the one hundred dollar range and make it a negative aspect of the class. This book however is very affordable, I believe to be important. One draw back from this is that lack of creativity that book comes with. I think it would be more appealing if there were more pictures or graphs like in other texts, and add a little more color to the pages.
If I was assigned another book for class that was comparable to this book, I would not be unsatisfied. I think that this book have everything that a good text book needs to have. Information is the key to a good text and this book has that.
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A Great Textbook
This textbook was incredibly easy to read. The content was interesting and presented in a very clear, understandable way that was easy to learn from. I didn't have to re-read anything just to get the basic idea like in some text books I've used. The photograph essays scattered throughout the book were on interesting, thought provoking topics.
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