Welcome to our Introductory publishing program.
Take a look inside at teaching and learning tools that:
- Reflect our high scholarly standards
- Speak effectively to today's college students
- Represent the most current pedagogical trends
Browse our titles for Introductory courses by selecting from the topic links below.
Introduction to Sociology
Sociological Wonderment
The Puzzles of Social Life
ISBN13: 9780195329698ISBN10: 0195329694
Paperback
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194 pages
Jan 1994,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$59.95 (04)
"The study of social behavior is fascinating and fun, and this book proves it."--Frank R. Scarpitti, University of Delaware
Critical Choices
Applying Sociological Insight in Your Life, Family, and Community
ISBN13: 9780195329735ISBN10: 0195329732
Paperback
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250 pages
Jan 1997,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$59.95 (04)
This engaging text shows students how to apply sociological insights to their own lives in ways that challenge complacency and easy answers.
ISBN13: 9780195329780ISBN10: 0195329783
Paperback
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534 pages
Jan 1998,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$69.95 (04)
Sociology
Fourth Edition
ISBN13: 9780199563753ISBN10: 0199563756
Paperback
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920 pages
Feb 2011,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$59.95 (04)
An authoritative and theoretically grounded approach to sociology
Social Blueprints
Conceptual Foundations of Sociology
ISBN13: 9780195162264ISBN10: 0195162269
Paperback
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288 pages
Feb 2004,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$52.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780199757930ISBN10: 0199757933
Paperback
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480 pages
Oct 2010,
(Edition No Longer Available)
Retail Price to Students:
$64.95 (04)
The only introduction to law and society with coverage of gender, race, and comparative law
ISBN13: 9780195330526ISBN10: 0195330528
Paperback
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440 pages
Mar 2007,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$49.95 (04)
Draws on both contemporary sources and classical sociological literature to explore the nature of social life, with an emphasis on issues of gender, race/ethnicity, and inequality
The Essential Sociologist
An Introduction
ISBN13: 9780195329995ISBN10: 0195329996
Paperback
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472 pages
Mar 2001,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$67.95 (04)
"A rich picture of a complex field with a history, competing schools of thought, and interdisciplinary roots."--From the Foreword by Judith Lorber
ISBN13: 9780192853806ISBN10: 0192853805
Paperback
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120 pages
Apr 2000,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$11.95 (03)
ISBN13: 9780199934928ISBN10: 0199934924
Paperback
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384 pages
Sep 2012,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$39.95 (04)
Engages students in raising sociological questions, applying a sociological lens, illustrating how data are used, and presenting core sociological topics in an accessible way
Studying Human Societies
A Primer and Guide
ISBN13: 9780199946037ISBN10: 0199946035
Paperback
Aug 2008,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$34.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780199946020ISBN10: 0199946027
Paperback
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430 pages
Jul 2010,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$89.95 (04)
ISBN13: 9780199746910ISBN10: 0199746915
Paperback
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352 pages
Apr 2013,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$39.95 (04)
Written by experienced teachers and experts in the field, Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology communicates the "big lessons" of the discipline
Social Problems
One Nation, Uninsured
Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance
ISBN13: 9780195312034ISBN10: 0195312031
Paperback
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288 pages
Sep 2006,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$15.95 (01)
A probing look at the forces that keep America the only industrialized nation without universal health care
The Sociology of American Drug Use
Third Edition
ISBN13: 9780199935901ISBN10: 0199935904
Paperback
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608 pages
Feb 2013,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$89.95 (04)
A true sociological approach to the study of American drug use
The Sociology of American Drug Use
Second Edition
ISBN13: 9780195375282ISBN10: 0195375289
Paperback
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608 pages
Jul 2009,
(Edition No Longer Available)
Retail Price to Students:
$89.95 (04)
This volume provides a broader sociological perspective on drug use than any other text on the market
Flat Broke with Children
Women in the Age of Welfare Reform
ISBN13: 9780195176018ISBN10: 0195176014
Paperback
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304 pages
Aug 2004,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$19.95 (03)
In the spirit of Nickel and Dimed in America, the first book to explore the impact of recent welfare reform on women
ISBN13: 9780199859078ISBN10: 0199859078
Paperback
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288 pages
Jul 2012,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$48.95 (04)
Synthesizes conflict theory and social constructionism to help students think critically about social problems
ISBN13: 9780195329759ISBN10: 0195329759
Paperback
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428 pages
Aug 1999,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$87.95 (04)
An introductory text that covers a wide range of social problems.
ISBN13: 9780199731879ISBN10: 019973187X
Paperback
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400 pages
Feb 2010,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$59.95 (04)
The most theoretical social problems anthology available
Troubled Times
Readings in Social Problems
ISBN13: 9780195329872ISBN10: 0195329872
Paperback
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283 pages
Feb 2007,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$77.95 (04)
This provocative anthology introduces students to a wide-ranging spectrum of social problems in the United States.
ISBN13: 9780192854315ISBN10: 0192854313
Paperback
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144 pages
Sep 2001,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$11.95 (03)
One Nation, Underprivileged
Why American Poverty Affects Us All
ISBN13: 9780195101683ISBN10: 0195101685
Hardcover
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368 pages
Mar 2004,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$41.95 (05)
Rank provides us with a new paradigm for understanding poverty and outlines an innovative set of strategies that will reduce American poverty.
Conflicting Interests
Readings in Social Problems and Inequality
ISBN13: 9780195375077ISBN10: 0195375076
Paperback
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320 pages
Oct 2009,
In Stock
Retail Price to Students:
$39.95 (04)
A concise, affordable, cutting-edge collection of articles that takes a critical constructionist approach to social problems
