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Includes bibliographical references (pages A14-A48) and index.

Part 1, Using your sociological imagination -- The sociological imagination : an introduction -- Methods -- Culture and media -- Socialization and the construction of reality -- Groups and networks -- Social control and deviance -- Part 2, Fault lines : social division and inequality -- Stratification -- Gender -- Race -- Poverty -- Health and society -- Part 3, Building blocks : institutions of society -- Family -- Education -- Capitalism and the economy -- Authority and the state -- Religion -- Science, the environment, and society -- Collective action, social movements, and social change.

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