Classical and Contemporary Sociological Theory : Text and Readings

By Scott Appelrouth

Book Overview

A hybrid of text and readings that provides both original works and a theoretical and historical framework for understanding them, this unique text/ reader format helps motivate students by presenting readings within an accessible, helpful framework to help minimize the anxiety that often surrounds theory courses.

Key Features

Text plus readings in a unique "hybrid" format; the text provides students the analytical guidance necessary to interpret important original readings A metatheoretical framework presented in Chapter 1 provides students with a framework for better understanding the theoretical perspectives that are introduced through the bookPedagogical tools and visual aids, such as chapter-ending discussion questions and photos of the theorists, engage student interestFeatures historical as well as contemporary applications of theories

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Instructor Resources on CD are available by contacting Customer Care (1.800.818.7243, 6 am - 5 pm, PT) and include PowerPoint slides and test banks for each chapter, unlike most other theory books.

Intended Audience
This is a book that will be used in a course where the breadth of the development of sociological theory is covered in one semester.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076192793X
• ISBN13: 9780761927938
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
• Length: 912 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Great combo volume for senior undergrads and graduates studies

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 !