* Focuses on the roots of historical and comparative sociology and social movements to give students a concise introduction to the method and substance of modern sociology..* Places special emphasis on the examiniation of such key concepts as social class, inequality, and the world system..* NEW: section on Eastern Europe and the USSR..* Updated tables and statistical references. .* New examples throughout..* Several key discussions reworked (e.g., section in Ch .1 on the rise of American sociology). .* Discussion on inequality in Ch. 5 reorganized.
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