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020			_a9781442255975
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dDLC _dEG-ScBUE
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100	1		_aThompson, William E. _q(William Edwin), _d1950- _927493
245	1	0	_aSociety in focus : _ban introduction to sociology / _cWilliam E. Thompson, Joseph V. Hickey, Mica L. Thompson.
250			_a8th ed.
260			_aLanham : _bRowman & Littlefield, _cc.2017.
300			_axviii, 631 p. : _bill. ; _c28 cm.
500			_aRevised edition of Society in focus, 2012.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aPreface -- About the authors -- Sociological perspective -- Discovering sociology -- Doing sociology -- Social framework -- Society and culture -- Socialization -- Social interaction in everyday life -- Social groups, organizations, and bureaucracies -- Social differentiation and inequality -- Deviance and conformity -- Social stratification and the u.s. class system -- Global stratification -- Race and ethnicity -- Sex and gender -- Age and the elderly -- Social institutions -- Families -- Education -- Religion -- Government, politics, and war -- The economy and work -- Health and medicine -- Social change -- Population, urbanization, and ecology -- Social change, collective behavior, and the future -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index -- Credits.
650		7	_aSociology. _2BUEsh _9718
651			_2BUEsh
653			_bGGEN _cDecember2017
655			_vText book _933728
700	1		_aHickey, Joseph V. _927495
700	1		_aThompson, Mica L. _d1980-
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aThompson, William E. (William Edwin), 1950- author. _tSociety in focus _bEighth Edition. _dLanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 _z9781442255982 _w(DLC) 2016001640
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