Global Sociology: Introducing Five Contemporary Societies

by Linda Schneider, Arnold Silverman

Global Sociology is a softcover supplement to any standard sociology text, providing broad and comprehensive sociological description of five diverse contemporary societies with wide geographic distribution. The text is structured so as to parallel the major sections of a standard introductory sociology text. By comparing other societies with their own, students learn about the range of social variation, and they learn what makes their own society distinctive.

Genres: Nonfiction, Japan, Sociology, Reference, College

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Jennifer]

Case studies of five different cultures, examined from a sociological perspective: Japan, Mexico, Bushmen of Namibia, Egypt, and Germany. Each section introduces new sociological concepts best illustrated by the particular culture at hand.