Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology - Softcover

Nolan, Patrick; Lenski, Gerhard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199946027 ISBN 13: 9780199946020

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Taking a macrosociological, global approach, Human Societies offers an introduction to sociology that is truly comparative, cross-cultural, and historical. It compares societies over time and across environments, emphasizing the dynamics of social change. Its clearly developed ecological-evolutionary perspective provides a powerful theoretical framework for understanding the array of social arrangements found in human societies over the past 100,000 years. Since industrial societies are encountered only after this theoretical base has been firmly established and older, simpler, and smaller societies have been examined in detail, students see their own society (and other contemporary societies) in a broader and more meaningful way. By showing how social arrangements are related to the environmental and technological context societies are situated in, Human Societies encourages students to look for the reasons why social arrangements are the way they are, and why they change over time.

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick Nolan, University of South Carolina
Gerhard Lenski, University of North Carolina

Review:

Human Societies takes students on a stunning journey from the Stone Age to the latest breaking news on the front page of the New York Times. (From the 10th Edition) --Everett K. Wilson, late of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

There is nothing quite like it on the market. A gem of a book! (From the 10th Edition) --Alexandra Maryanski, University of California Riverside

Human Societies set my imagination afire. ... Sociological concepts [can now] be introduced in a theoretical context. (From the 10th Edition) --Joan Huber, Ohio State University

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199946027
• ISBN 13: 9780199946020
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 426