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020			_a9781442634077 _q(electronic bk.)
020			_z9781442634046
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035			_a(Au-PeEL)EBL4931363
035			_a(CaPaEBR)ebr11418976
035			_a(OCoLC)999662212
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050		4	_aHM586.B436 2016
100	1		_aBeamish, Rob.
245	1	4	_aThe Promise of Sociology : _bClassical Approaches to Contemporary Society, Second Edition.
250			_a2nd ed.
264		1	_aToronto : _bUniversity of Toronto Press, _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_a1 online resource (424 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One Why Think Sociologically? -- Chapter 1 Visions and Profiles of Students Today -- Chapter 2 Generation Z and the Promise of Sociology -- Chapter 3 The Light of Reason: Higher Education's Challenges -- Part Two The Classical Tradition -- Chapter 4 Marx and the Dialectic of Dynamic, Unstable Social Formations -- Chapter 5 Marx, the Communist Manifesto, and Modernity -- Chapter 6 From Descartes to Durkheim: Toward a Science of Society -- Chapter 7 Durkheim and the Systematic Study of Social Facts -- Chapter 8 Weber and the Interpretive Understanding of Social Action -- Chapter 9 The Spirit of Capitalism, Modernity, and the Postmodern World -- Part Three Sociology and Contemporary Popular Culture -- Chapter 10 Culture and Critique -- Chapter 11 The Dialectics of Popular Culture -- Chapter 12 Rock 'n' Roll as Complex Culture -- Chapter 13 The Promise of Sociology -- Glossary of Key Terms and Names -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aUnlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aSociology-Philosophy-Textbooks.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBeamish, Rob _tThe Promise of Sociology _dToronto : University of Toronto Press,c2016 _z9781442634046
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4931363 _zClick to View
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