Kenneth A. Gould is Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and Professor of Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center. Tammy L. Lewis is Associate Provost for Faculty and Administration, and Professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center in Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences.

This is a comprehensive introductory sociology text that covers all the key topics needed to give students a broad understanding of the field. It presents key theories and provides contemporary examples of research. It brings in different voices in a way that a standard textbook does not.

• Annotated Table of Contents Introduction and Acknowledgments Changes to the Second Edition About the ContributorsList of Tables List of Figures List of Boxes Part 1: Why Sociology? 1. The Sociological Imagination Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis 2. Theory and Methods Tammy L. Lewis Part 2: What Unites Us? 3. Socialization and Culture Stella M.Capek 4. Social Institutions Yung-Yi Diana Pan Part 3: What Divides Us? 5. Race and Intersectionality Janine Kay Gwen Chi 6. Class and Intersectionality Brian Obach 7. Gender, Sexuality, and IntersectionalityAmalia Leguizamón Part 4: How Do Societies Change? 8. Forces of Social ChangeJason Konefal 9. Global Dynamics Kenneth A. Gould 10. Public Sociology: The Task and the Promise Alex S. Vitale Index/Glossary

Kenneth A. Gould is Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and Professor of Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center. Tammy L. Lewis is Associate Provost for Faculty and Administration, and Professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center in Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences.

This is a comprehensive introductory sociology text that covers all the key topics needed to give students a broad understanding of the field. It presents key theories and provides contemporary examples of research. It brings in different voices in a way that a standard textbook does not.

• Annotated Table of Contents Introduction and Acknowledgments Changes to the Second Edition About the ContributorsList of Tables List of Figures List of Boxes Part 1: Why Sociology? 1. The Sociological Imagination Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis 2. Theory and Methods Tammy L. Lewis Part 2: What Unites Us? 3. Socialization and Culture Stella M.Capek 4. Social Institutions Yung-Yi Diana Pan Part 3: What Divides Us? 5. Race and Intersectionality Janine Kay Gwen Chi 6. Class and Intersectionality Brian Obach 7. Gender, Sexuality, and IntersectionalityAmalia Leguizamón Part 4: How Do Societies Change? 8. Forces of Social ChangeJason Konefal 9. Global Dynamics Kenneth A. Gould 10. Public Sociology: The Task and the Promise Alex S. Vitale Index/Glossary

Kenneth A. Gould is Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and Professor of Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center. Tammy L. Lewis is Associate Provost for Faculty and Administration, and Professor at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center in Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences.

This is a comprehensive introductory sociology text that covers all the key topics needed to give students a broad understanding of the field. It presents key theories and provides contemporary examples of research. It brings in different voices in a way that a standard textbook does not.

• Annotated Table of Contents Introduction and Acknowledgments Changes to the Second Edition About the ContributorsList of Tables List of Figures List of Boxes Part 1: Why Sociology? 1. The Sociological Imagination Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis 2. Theory and Methods Tammy L. Lewis Part 2: What Unites Us? 3. Socialization and Culture Stella M.Capek 4. Social Institutions Yung-Yi Diana Pan Part 3: What Divides Us? 5. Race and Intersectionality Janine Kay Gwen Chi 6. Class and Intersectionality Brian Obach 7. Gender, Sexuality, and IntersectionalityAmalia Leguizamón Part 4: How Do Societies Change? 8. Forces of Social ChangeJason Konefal 9. Global Dynamics Kenneth A. Gould 10. Public Sociology: The Task and the Promise Alex S. Vitale Index/Glossary