Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach (6th Edition) - Hardcover

Henslin, James M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205352243 ISBN 13: 9780205352241

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, 2002

Synopsis

This best-selling comprehensive text shares the excitement of sociology with the acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach that highlights the sociology of everyday life. The sixth edition of this highly-regarded text retains all the features that have made previous editions so successful. The author has a unique ability to engage students without sacrificing content or talking down to them. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin is able to share his passion for sociology with his readers like no other author of an introductory text can.

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From the Back Cover:

HELP YOUR STUDENTS SUCCEED

Allyn & Bacon is leading the way in developing new ancillary materials to help your students succeed and to help you make your classroom more interactive. In addition to all the resources you expect to have available, such as instructor¿s manuals, test banks and student study guides; the seventh edition of Sociology: A Down-To-Earth Approach also offers:

• Gu¿de Estudio para Hispanohablantes: Study Guide for Native Spanish Speakers This study guide is designed for students who are native speakers of Spanish and are taking the course in English. It includes Spanish chapter summaries, definitions of key terms, and practice tests.
• Allyn & Bacon Tutor Center Students get live, after-hours help from the qualified college sociology instructors who staff our Tutor Center. Students can contact tutors by phone, fax, or e-mail. Access to the Tutor Center comes free with every copy of the Student Study Guide Plus and Gu¿de Estudio para Hispanohablantes, and can also be packaged free with the text using a special ISBN.
• Premium Resource CD-ROM This CD delivers high-resolution video activities, as well as access to the optional online chapter, The Sociology of Human Sexuality. Free when packaged with the text, using a special ISBN.
• Exploring Social Life: A Reader to Accompany Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, Seventh Edition. This brief and economical reader contains one reading, selected by Jim Henslin, for each chapter of the text. The reader can be packaged with this text for just $5 more, net to bookstore.
• ABC News/Allyn & Bacon Sociology Video Program What better way to illustrate sociology in our everyday lives than with clips from ABC News programs such as World News Tonight, Nightline, and 20/20? Videos are available on six topics: Poverty and Stratification, Race and Ethnic Relations, Gender, Deviance, Aging (new!), and Population and Urbanization (new!) Videos are free to adopters; some restrictions apply. Please ask your local representative for details.

For a complete list of student and instructor supplements, please refer to the Preface.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0205352243
• ISBN 13: 9780205352241
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 816