{"product_id":"seeing-ourselves-9780205733163","title":"Seeing Ourselves","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn J. Macionis\u003c\/strong\u003e was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Macionis' publications are wide-ranging, focusing on community life in the United States, interpersonal intimacy in families, effective teaching, humor, new information technology, and the importance of global education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn addition, John Macionis and Nijole V. Benokraitis have edited the best-selling anthology \u003cem\u003eSeeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology.\u003c\/em\u003e Macionis and Vincent Parrillo have written the leading urban studies text, \u003cem\u003eCities and Urban \u003c\/em\u003eLife (Pearson). Macionis' most recent textbook is \u003cem\u003eSocial Problems \u003c\/em\u003e(Pearson).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Macionis is Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Sociology at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he has taught for almost thirty years. During that time, he has ch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadings new to this edition in bold.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. \"The Sociological Imagination\" by C. Wright Mills\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \"Invitation to Sociology\" by Peter L. Berger\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \"Women and the Birth of Sociology\" by Patricia Madoo Lengermann and Jill Niebrugge-Brantley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \"Body Ritual among the Nacirema\" by Horace Miner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \"The Case for Value-Free Sociology\" by Max Weber\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. \"The Importance of Social Research\" by Earl Babbie\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \"Cultural Obsession with Thinness: African American, Latina, and White Women” by Becky W. Thompson (was #11 in SO7)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCULTURE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. \"Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture\" by Leslie A. White\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. \"Manifest and Latent Functions\" by Robert K. Merton\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. \"India's Sacred Cow\" by Marvin Harris\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSOCIETY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. \"Manifesto and the Communist Party\" by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. \"\u003cem\u003eGemeinschaft\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGesellschaft\u003c\/em\u003e\" by Ferdinand Tönnies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. \"Unmarried with Children\" by Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. \"The Amish: A Small Society\" by John A. Hostetler\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSOCIALIZATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. \"The Self\" by George Herbert Mead\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. \"Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities\" by Michael A. Messner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. \"Socialization and the Power of Advertising\" by Jean Kilbourne\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. \"Parents' Socialization of Children in Global Perspective\" by D. Terri Heath\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSOCIAL INTERACTION IN EVERYDAY LIFE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. \"The Dyad and the Triad,\" by Georg Simmel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. \"The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life\" by Erving Goffman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. \"Invisible Privilege\" by Paula S. Rothenberg\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. \"You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation\" by Deborah Tannen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. \"The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language around the World\" by Roger E. Axtell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. \"Primary Groups\" by Charles Horton Cooley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. \"The Characteristics of Bureaucracy\" by Max Weber\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. \"McJobs: McDonaldization and the Workplace\" by George Ritzer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. \"Even If I Don't Know What I'm Doing, I Can Make It Look Like I Do: Becoming a Doctor in Canada\" by Brenda L. Beagan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDEVIANCE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. \"The Functions of Crime\" by Emile Durkheim\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. \"On Being Sane in Insane Places\" by Donald L. Rosenhan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. \"The Code of the Streets\" by Elijah Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. \"Prostitution: A Worldwide Business of Sexual Exploitation\" by Melissa Farley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSEXUALITY AND SOCIETY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32. \"Understanding Sexual Orientation\" by Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Clyde E. Martin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. \"Sex in America: How Many Partners Do We Have?\" by Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and Gina Kolata\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34. \"Homosexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective\" by J. M. Carrier\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSOCIAL STRATIFICATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35. \"Some Principles of Stratification\" by Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore, with a response by Melvin Tumin\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContemporary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e36. “Nickel and Dimed: On (not) Getting By in America” by Barbara Ehrenreich [I need to know the permission cost for this one] \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37. \"The Uses of Global Poverty: How Economic Inequality Benefits the West\" by Daina Stukuls Eglitis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGENDER\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38. \"Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies\" by Margaret Mead\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39. \"'Night to His Day': The Social Construction of Gender\" by Judith Lorber\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40. \"How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works\" by Nijole V. Benokraitis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41. \"Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cultural View\" by Elaine Leeder\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRACE AND ETHNICITY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42. \"The Souls of Black Folk\" by W. E. B. Du Bois\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43. \"Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression\" by Patricia Hill Collins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44. \"How Did Jews Become White Folks?\" by Karen Brodkin Sacks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e45. “Are Asian Americans Becoming White?” by Min Zhou\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHE ECONOMY AND WORK\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46. \"Alienated Labor\" by Karl Marx\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47. \"When Work Disappears\" by William Julius Wilson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48. \"Getting a Job in Harlem: Experiences of African American, Puerto Rican, and Dominican Youth\" by Katherine S. Newman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePOLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND THE MILITARY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49. \"The Power Elite\" by C. Wright Mills\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContemporary\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e50. \"Can Anyone Become President of the United States?\" by G. William Domhoff\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51. \"The Roots of Terrorism\" by The 9\/11 Commission\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFAMILIES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52. \"'His' and 'Her' Marriage\" by Jessie Bernard\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53. \"The Mommy Myth\" by Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54. \"Mate Selection and Marriage around the World\" by Bron B. Ingoldsby\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRELIGION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55. \"The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism\" by Max Weber\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56. \"How Student Life is Different at Religious Colleges\" by Naomi Schaefer Riley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57. \"Women and Islam\" by Jane I. Smith\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEDUCATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58. “Education and Inequality\" by Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59. \"Savage Inequalities: Children in U.S. Schools\" by Jonathan Kozol\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e60. “The English Only Debate” by Alejandro Portes \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHEALTH AND MEDICINE\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61. \"The Social Structure of Medicine\" by Talcott Parsons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62. “The Slaughterhouse: The Most Dangerous Job\" by Eric Schlosser\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63. \"Female Genital Mutilation\" by Efua Dorkenoo and Scilla Elworthy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePOPULATION AND URBANIZATION\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64. \"The Metropolis and Mental Life\" by Georg Simmel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65. \"Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe\" by Thomas Robert Malthus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66. \"Urbanism as a Way of Life\" by Louis Wirth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67. \"Urban Sprawl: The Formation of Edge Cities\" by John J. Macionis and Vincent R. Parrillo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68. \"Let's \u003cem\u003eReduce \u003c\/em\u003eGlobal Population!\" by J. Kenneth Smail\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSOCIAL CHANGE AND MODERNITY\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69. “Anomy and Modern Life\" by Emile Durkheim\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClassic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70. \"The Disenchantment of Modern Life\" by Max Weber\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71. \"The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty\" by David G. Myers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCross-Cultural\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e72. “Global Media” by Todd Gitlin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education (US)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524628095319,"sku":"9780205733163","price":137.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780205733163.jpg?v=1731857530","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seeing-ourselves-9780205733163","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}