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020			_a0534588603
050			_aHM586.F47
100			_aFerrante, Joan
245			_aSociology: a global perspective. / _cJoan Ferrante
260			_aAustralia: _bThomson, _c2003.
300			_axxiv,598 p.: _bill.; _c24cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505			_aContents: The Sociological imagination -- Theoretical perspectives and methods of social research with emphasis on Mexico -- Culture with emphasis on South Korea -- Socialization with emphasis on Israel and West Bank and Gaza -- Social interaction and the social construction of reality with emphasis on the democratic Republic of the Congo -- Social organizations with emphasis on McDonald's a U.S. - based multinational corporation with operations in 121 countries -- Deviance, conformity and social control with emphasis on the people's republic of China -- Social stratification: with emphasis on South Africa -- Race and ethnicity: with emphasis on the U.S system of racial with ethnic classification and the consequences -- Gender: with emphasis on American Samoa -- Economic and politics -- Population and urbanization with emphasis on India -- Family and aging: with emphasis on public education in the United States -- Religion: with emphasis on the Islamic state of Afghanistan -- Social change: with emphasis on global interdependence.
650			_aSociology.
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