Readings for Sociology

by Garth Massey (Editor), Timothy O'Brien (Editor)

The perfect mix of classic and contemporary readings. With selections from popular and academic journals as well as lively book excerpts, Readings for Sociology reveals the complexities of our social world and offers insights into sociological analysis. Readings for Sociology is comprehensive in scope, offering a wide range of selections on the standard topics in the introductory course to help students reach a new level of sociological understanding. New selections by well-known writers like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Pico Iyer, and Arlie Hochschild explore growing inequality and frayed racial, gender, and class relations since the Great Recession.

Genres: Sociology, Nonfiction, Textbooks, Collections, College, Philosophy, Read For School

527 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Michael Pierce · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is mediocre at best. It suffers from many misplaced readings that are often stretching to fit into the category they are assigned to.

The first half of the book seems to be much stronger than the second half, I am not sure if this is by mere chance or is intentional. I absolutely would not recommend this book for sociology, there are far better books available.

[Cortney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read chapters 2, 7, 13, 21, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 45.

When there is time in the distant future, I'd like to read a few more. This is a great addition to a standard textbook for an intro to sociology course.

[Wesley Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

Engaging and thought-provoking readings.

[Grace McCoy · Rating 3 out of 5]

read thsi for my soc class last semester, pretty interesting

[Yousef · Rating 2 out of 5]

Blahhh.... but fine watever