Think Sociology

by John D. Carl, Sarah Baker, Brady Robards

We live in a world of fast-paced change that is being fueled by new technologies, changing personal and social relationships, and changing cultural values and economic conditions. Sociology is a discipline that can help you understand this change. Looking at their world through the sociological perspective enables students to better understand themselves and their place in an evolving and complex world. Designed for today's students, THINK SOCIOLOGY shows you how sociologists think and how to understand the rapidly changing world they live in.

Genres: Sociology, Nonfiction, School, Textbooks

360 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 2008

Reviews

[Kristi · Rating 1 out of 5]

I stopped reading this book for class because it was more or less unnecessary and didn't add anything to lecture material. The book seems to have decent content, but this is overshadowed by the horrendous layout. You open this book, designed to look like a magazine, and the layout is bound to throw you into an epileptic seizure. Seriously now, it looks like a printer just vomited text boxes and colors all over the pages. It's enough to give one a headache and be too distracting to even know where to begin reading.

[Abdelrahman Elkady · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the study card at the end, very useful

[Luciano Palma · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a good companion for an introductory socioloy course.
The content is too much based in North American culture and on the author's personal experience, which makes it less global.
However, it talks through many sociology concepts, being a good source for starters.
The audiobook is hard to listen - monotonic, with no modulation on the reading. It's hard to understand if it's a person reading or a machine.
The final questions (at the end of each chapter) are almost impossible to follow, turning the activity almost unusable.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not your traditional text book. I really enjoyed reading it, it kept my attention well. I learned a lot that I hadn't known before. One of the only school books I've read all the way through.