{"product_id":"the-forest-and-the-trees-sociology-as-life-practice-and-promise-paperback-softback-9781439911877","title":"The Forest and the Trees; Sociology As Life, Practice, and Promise (Paperback \/ softback) 9781439911877","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Forest and the Trees\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSociology As Life, Practice, and Promise\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAllan Johnson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439911877\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 September 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"There is no better book to help college students understand the sociological mindset.\"-Terence J. McGinn, The University of Michigan\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"I love The Forest and the Trees. And, honestly, if there was not a new edition, I am not sure how I would teach my introduction to sociology course. My students often comment that it was the best book in a class they have ever read. I cannot sing the praises of The Forest and the Trees enough!\"-Marisol Clark-Ibáñez, Associate Professor of Sociology, California State University, San Marcos\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNew Third Edition!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? \u003ci\u003eThe Forest and the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e is one sociologist's response to the hypothetical-the core insight with the greatest potential to change how people see the world and themselves in relation to it.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This Third Edition features:\u003cbr\u003e • Updated key references, data, resources, and examples, from global warming, Obama's election, and gay marriage to transgender\/cisgender and the Occupy Movement\u003cbr\u003e • A glossary of terms\u003cbr\u003e • The short essays in Chapter 6, framed around the power of sociology, dig beneath easy and popular understandings to reveal what lies beneath\u003cbr\u003e • An additional analysis of how men's violence is made invisible even though most violence is perpetrated by men\u003cbr\u003e • Chapter 7's focus on sociology as a worldview with an analysis of the origins of white privilege \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Life, Practice, and Promise\u003cbr\u003e 1   The Forest, the Trees, and the One Thing\u003cbr\u003e 2   Culture: Symbols, Ideas, and the Stuff of Life\u003cbr\u003e 3   The Structures of Social Life\u003cbr\u003e 4   Population and Human Ecology: People, Space, and Place\u003cbr\u003e 5   Us, It, and Social Interaction\u003cbr\u003e 6   Things Are Not What They Seem\u003cbr\u003e 7   Sociology as Worldview: Where White Privilege Came From\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Who Are We Really?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743375323416,"sku":"9781439911877","price":21.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-forest-and-the-trees-sociology-as-life-practice-and-promise-paperback-softback-9781439911877","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}