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Sociology, Internet Edition

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This text, considered to be a living classic among introductory sociology texts, is written by Rodney Stark- a major sociology researcher and scholarly author. The text introduces students to the methods and theories of sociology using Rodney Stark's hallmark "Over the Shoulder of a professional sociologist" approach that addresses students directly and presents sociology on a personal level. Stark describes what sociologists do and how they do it, focusing first on the questions they pose and how they search for and formulate their answers, and only then moving on to study their answers and conclusions. In this way, he effectively explores themes, raising issues in a straightforward manner with historical accuracy and solid research. The text employs a unique feature titled "A Closer View," which illustrates seminal research studies to introduce students to the sociological imagination and the world around them. This is the only text of its kind in the introductory sociology market.

696 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

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Rodney Stark

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Rodney Stark grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota, and began his career as a newspaper reporter. Following a tour of duty in the U.S. Army, he received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where he held appointments as a research sociologist at the Survey Research Center and at the Center for the Study of Law and Society. He left Berkeley to become Professor of Sociology and of Comparative Religion at the University of Washington. In 2004 he joined the faculty of Baylor University. He has published 30 books and more than 140 scholarly articles on subjects as diverse as prejudice, crime, suicide, and city life in ancient Rome. However, the greater part of his work has been on religion. He is past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. He also has won a number of national and international awards for distinguished scholarship. Many of his books and articles have been translated and published in foreign languages, including Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Slovene, and Turkish.

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این کتاب را سه سال پیش خواندم. از جامعه‌شناسی چیزی نخوانده بودم. کتاب را دست گرفتم که از آن بدانم. کتاب خوبی‌ست ولی برای من انتخاب اشتباهی بود. بسیار حجیم است؛ ۶۳۵ صفحه در قطع رحلی. کتاب‌های حجیم معمولاً برای ورد به موضوعات جدید مناسب نیستند، مگر اینکه پشت‌بندشان کتاب‌های مرتبط دیگری هم خوانده شود. اگر مثل منِ آن زمان، عجالتاً می‌خواهید از هر موضوعی چیزی بخوانید، بهتر که سراغ کتاب‌های کوچک‌تر بروید. برای دست‌گرمی‌ و پراکنده‌خوانی کتاب‌های کوچک مناسبت‌ترند.

سه تا از حسن‌های کتاب:
- بخش‌بندی‌های دقیق و مناسب
- پرداختن به مفاهیم و تعاریف؛ مناسب برای شروع
- پرداختن به رویدادهای واقعی و مرتبط با موضوعات

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- چرا سیاه‌ها در میادین ورزشی می‌درخشند؟
- یهودیان واقعاً از دیگران ثروتمندترند؟ چرا؟
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