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The forest and the trees : sociology as life, practice, and promise / Allan G. Johnson.

By: Publisher: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014Edition: Third editionDescription: 186 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781439911860
  • 143991186X
  • 9781439911877
  • 1439911878
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 23
LOC classification:
  • HM585 .J64 2014
Other classification:
  • SOC026000 | SOC019000 | SOC000000
Contents:
Introduction : life, practice, and promise -- The forest, the trees, and the one thing -- Culture : symbols, ideas, and the stuff of life -- The structures of social life -- Population and human ecology : people, space, and place -- Us, it, and social interaction -- Things are not what they seem -- Sociology as worldview : where white privilege came from -- Epilogue : who are we really?
Summary: "If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? 'The Forest and the Trees' 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"--Amazon.com.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab HM585 .J64 2014 1 Available 50583020007468
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical (pages 165-174) and index.

Introduction : life, practice, and promise -- The forest, the trees, and the one thing -- Culture : symbols, ideas, and the stuff of life -- The structures of social life -- Population and human ecology : people, space, and place -- Us, it, and social interaction -- Things are not what they seem -- Sociology as worldview : where white privilege came from -- Epilogue : who are we really?

"If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? 'The Forest and the Trees' 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"--Amazon.com.

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