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

Conley, Dalton

 
9780393674170: You May Ask Yourself: An Introduction to Thinking Like a Sociologist
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0393674177 ISBN 13: 9780393674170
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2019

Synopsis

Dalton Conley's unconventional narrative uses personal anecdotes and current examples to help students understand big ideas. Chapter-opening Paradoxes stimulate sociological thinking. And NEW Practice activities--in text and online--invite readers to "make the familiar strange." Scholarship and examples have been refreshed throughout, especially in a revamped Gender chapter. A wide array of multimedia and assessment tools include award-winning InQuizitive activities for students' pre-lecture prep and NEW online activities for post-lecture practice.

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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.

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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0393674177
ISBN 13 
9780393674170
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
6
Number of pages
794