Praised for its writing style that reads like a book you’d pore over at the corner café, this best-selling core text starts in a familiar place - the everyday world - and then introduces sociological concepts and institutions as they impact the student’s daily existence.



Full of vivid, real-world examples and touching personal vignettes, this text offers a solid introduction to basic sociological concepts and helps students realize their role in constructing, planning, maintaining, and fixing society.