You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like a Sociologist - Softcover

Conley, Dalton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039391299X ISBN 13: 9780393912999

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Synopsis

The “untextbook” that teaches students to think like a sociologist.

You May Ask Yourself gives instructors an alternative to the typical textbook by emphasizing the “big ideas” of the discipline, and encouraging students to ask meaningful questions. Conley employs a “non-textbook” strategy of explaining complex concepts through personal examples and storytelling, and integrates coverage of social inequality throughout the text.

About this title

About the Author:

Dalton Conley is a professor of sociology at Princeton University. In 2005, Conley became the first sociologist to win the prestigious National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award, which honors an outstanding young U.S. scientist or engineer. He writes for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Slate, and Forbes. He is the author of Honky (2001) and The Pecking Order: A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become (2004). His other books include Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America (1999), The Starting Gate: Birth Weight and Life Chances (2003), and Elsewhere, U.S.A. (2009). You can follow Dalton Conley on Twitter at @daltonconley.

Review:

“For once, I was actually excited about reading a textbook. It seemed as if the author was talking directly to me at times.”
- LaToya, social work major, SUNY Brockport

“It was like reading magazines with images of my favorite actors and politicians. I loved looking at the book and reading it.”
- Abigail, nursing major, Queensborough Community College

“Honestly, I loved this book. It was so much more interesting that the other assigned readings, and reading You May Ask Yourself was the only assignment I always had done.”
- Melissa, sociology major, University of Pennsylvania

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 039391299X
• ISBN 13: 9780393912999
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 840