Sociology: Your Compass for a New World, Brief Edition: Enhanced Edition (Available Titles CengageNOW) - Softcover

Brym, Robert J.; Lie, John

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9780495598930: Sociology: Your Compass for a New World, Brief Edition: Enhanced Edition (Available Titles CengageNOW)

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ISBN 10: 0495598933 ISBN 13: 9780495598930

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2009

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Intended for the introduction to sociology course found in departments of sociology and social sciences at two- and four-year schools. The course usually fulfills a general education requirement, so in addition to the many sociology majors taking the course are many nonmajors. Regardless of their major, most students taking this course are freshmen and sophomores.

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About the Author:

Robert Brym is S. D. Clark Chair in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a member of the President's Teaching Academy, and a winner of the Northrop Frye Prize for academic and teaching excellence. His introductory-level textbooks have been published in Canada, Quebec (in French), the United States, Brazil (in Portuguese), and Australia. He has published research on the sociology of intellectuals, social movements in Canada, Jews in Russia, and collective and state violence in Israel and Palestine. Currently, his research focuses on the 2010-11 Arab Spring and the ensuing Arab Winter.

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"With unusual passion, this text invites the reader to not only reflect on his/her place in society, or to imagine and re-imagine the possibilities beyond the familiar, but also to engage the complexity of the human condition with sociological eyes. The authors' approach, writing style, and pedagogical features make the student aware of the sociological issues of our time."

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