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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kivisto, Peter, 1948- Key ideas in sociology. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, ©2004 (OCoLC)679404544 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Peter Kivisto |
ISBN: | 0761988254 9780761988250 0761988238 9780761988236 |
OCLC Number: | 52819695 |
Description: | xiii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. Key Ideas About the Social World -- 2. Industrial Society: From the Satanic Mills to the Computer Age -- 3. Democracy: From the Fall of the Bastille to the Fall of the Berlin Wall -- 4. Individualism: The Tension Between Me and Us -- 5. Modernity: From the Promise of Modern Society to Postmodern Suspicions -- 6. Globalization: Key Ideas in a Global Framework. |
Responsibility: | Peter Kivisto. |
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Abstract:
Suitable for undergraduate readers that links issues regarding post-modern society to the ideas and key individuals that give rise to sociological thinking in the late 19th century, this title shows how ideas developed by one theorist evolve and are further shaped by subsequent theorists, reflecting on different historical circumstances.
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"The new edition is very nice indeed. I like the timeline, not only for the usual dates of theorists' births and deaths, but even more for the list of historical events, which are well chosen and will help students get a sense of historical context for the ideas themselves. Also, the expanded material at the end on global society is great. . . .and the list of questions will prove helpful too. I think this is the best introduction to social theories currently on the market!" -- Donald A. Nielsen Read more...
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