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Sociology (General)
Sociological Theorists

Encyclopedia of Sociology
Call Number: HM425 .E5 2000
ISBN: 9780028648538
Publication Date: 2000-11-16
Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.
Sociology: a Very Short Introduction by Steve Bruce
ISBN: 9780198822967
Publication Date: 2018-11-27
Drawing on studies of social class, crime and deviance, education, work in bureaucracies and changes in religious and political organizations, this Very Short Introduction explores the tension between the individual's place in society and society's role in shaping the individual, and demonstrates the value of sociology for understanding the modern world.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology by George Ritzer (Editor); Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy (Editor)
ISBN: 9781119429319
Publication Date: 2019-12-16
A collection of contributions from globally-recognized scholars and experts explore the theoretical and methodological foundations of sociology, new and established debates, and the most current research in the field. Broad in scope, this book covers a multitude of topics ranging from crime, urbanization, sexuality, and education to new questions surrounding big data, authoritarian capitalism, and the rise of nationalism. This comprehensive volume offers an engaging and accessible guide to the field of sociology, revised and updated for the second edition.

Émile Durkheim by Marcel Fournier
Call Number: HM479.D87 F6813 2013
ISBN: 9780745646459
Publication Date: 2012-11-12
This new biography sheds fresh light on Durkheim’s personality and character, his relationship with Judaism, his family life, his relations with friends and collaborators, his political and administrative responsibilities and his political views.
The Feminism of Charlotte Perkins Gilman by Judith A. Allen
Call Number: PS 1744.G57 A6 2022
ISBN: 9780226014623
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
Famous for her short fiction--most notably "The Yellow Wallpaper"--Charlotte Perkins Gilman also produced a vast body of nonfiction in tandem with her work as a Progressive-era feminist reformer. Rooted in groundbreaking research on Gilman's extensive correspondence, publications, and speeches, this keenly argued intellectual biography reconstructs her controversial output and the heady context in which she produced it.
Marx: a Very Short Introduction by Peter Singer
ISBN: 9780198821076
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Considering Marx's life and impact, renowned philosopher Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. Presenting Marx as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist, Singer explains Marx's key ideas on alienation, historical materialism, and the economic theory of Capital, in plain English. In this new edition, Singer explores whether Marx remains relevant to the twenty first century, and if so, how.
The Oxford W. E. B. du Bois Reader by Eric J. Sundquist (Editor)
Call Number: E185.97.D73 A25x 1996
ISBN: 9780195091786
Publication Date: 1996-03-28
The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois Reader encompasses the whole of Du Bois's long and multifaceted writing career, from the 1890s through the early 1960s. The volume selects key essays and longer works that portray the range of Du Bois's thought on such subjects as African American culture, the politics and sociology of American race relations, art and music, black leadership, gender and women's rights, Pan-Africanism and anti-colonialism, and Communism in the U.S. and abroad.

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