Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory: Text and Readings

Edles and Appelrouth present students of Sociology with a pretty comprehensive selection of reading material by the usual classic sociology suspects (Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Gilman, Du Bois, Mead, ...) Most interesting -and novel at least to this reader- was "Part IV Broadening Sociological Theory" with texts by Judith Butler, Foucault, Baudrillard, Bourdieu, ...) For the few difficult words that I bumped into during my reading, I invested ONLY 10 CENTS in an old copy of the New Webster's dictionary and thesaurus of the English language... Best purchase -and return on my money! I have made in quite a while ! This book is "the long-awaited COMBINED text" from two previous books edited by Professor Edles and Appelrouth (also published by Pine Forge Press): Sociological Theory in the Classical Era: Text and Readings Sociological Theory in the Contemporary Era: Text and Readings All in all, it was worth spending another 60+ bucks (Ouch!) and in the process contributing a few extra royalty dollars to two hard-working academics. It is a solid 3 pounder of a book that, printed on acid-free paper (Ah! Ah! Ah!) I am keeping in my personal library as a reference to pass to my grand-children !