Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology
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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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199946027
ISBN13:9780199946020
Release Date:July 2010
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:426 Pages
Weight:1.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 9.9" x 6.8"
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Although the basic structure and organization of the ninth edition of this text remain intact, no chapter is entirely unchanged in the present edition. While most of the changes to the first eight chapters are stylistic, a number of photos, figures, and tables have been added, dropped, or substantively changed throughout the text, and virtually all the data and long-term comparisons in the Chapters on industrial and indiustrializing societies (Chapters 9-16) have been updated or modified. Also, because of changes in formatting and organization, which helped to reduce the cost of this paperback edition to your students, the text is significantly shorter - it is now 429 pages, whereas the eighth edition was 479. These changes have altered the placement of figures, tables, and photos familiar to long-time users. There is also a new study guide, Studying Human Societies: A Primer and Guide, for this edition.Human societies has been used in over 100 of the best colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
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