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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Yuill, Chris, author.     Subjects     Sociology -- Philosophy -- Juvenile literature.     Globalization -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.     Manners and customs -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Yuill, Chris, author.       by title:      Heads up sociology /...         MARC Display

Heads up sociology / written by Dr. Chris Yuill and Dr. Christopher Thorpe ; consultant, Dr. Megan Todd. by Yuill, Chris, author. New York : DK Publishing, 2018. Subjects Sociology -- Philosophy -- Juvenile literature.   Globalization -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.   Manners and customs -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781465468635 (paperback) : 1465468633 (paperback) Series:  Heads Up. Description:  160 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. Edition:  First American edition. Contents:  What is sociology? -- What do sociologists do? -- Research methods -- Who am I? (What is my identity ; Girls and boys ; Women and work ; Biography: Judith Butler ; What's my tribe? ; Does race matter? ; Biography: Elijah Anderson ; Who do you love? ; Age and society ; What does famioy mean? ; Are we all middle class now? ; Biography: Karl Marx; Identity: in context) Does society exist? (What do schools teach? ; Are institutions a good thing?; Biography: Charles Wright Mills ; Who holds the power? ; What role does religion play in society? ; Does religion still matter? ; Rural life versus urban life ; A sense of community ; Biography: Max Weber ; Why do we work? ; How is work changong? Biography: Arlie R. Hochschild ; Watching the workers ; Social institutions in context) When it all goes wrong (Why do people commit crimes? ; Biography: Emile Durkheim ; Breaking society's rules ; White-collar crime ; Are we all on camera? ; WHODUNNIT?; Biography: Howard Becker ; Health and equality ; Not fitting in; -- Crime and health: in context) Why is the world so unfair? (Superrich ; Wealth and status ; The poverty trap ; Who's to blame? ; Where did racism come from? ; Why haven't developing countries developed yet? ; Biography: Boaventura de Sousa Santos ; Is globalization a good thing? ; Glocalization ; Biography: Saskia Sassen ; What's our impact on the planet? ; Biography: Anthony Giddens ; Wealth and development: in context) Modern culture (I shop therefore I am? ; What is culture ; Biography: Pierre Bordieu ; Leisure time ; We are living in uncertain times ; Biography: Zygmunt Bauman ; Does the mass media affect you? ; Who owns the media? ; Who decides what's news? Where do you get your news from? ; What does the Internet do for us? ; Do you live online ; Culture and the media: in context) Requests:  0 Summary:  From gender and identity to welfare and consumerism, sociology is the study of how societies are organized and what helps them function or go wrong. Questions posed include: What is my "tribe"? Why do people commit crimes? Who decides if someone has a mental illness? What's work for? Does aid do any good? Heads Up Sociology explores these fascinating questions and more.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Aiea Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 301 Yu   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 301 Yu   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kihei Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 301 Yu   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Liliha Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 301 Yu   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Manoa Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 301 Yu   Checked In Add Copy to MyList McCully-Moiliili Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 301 Yu pbk Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 301 Yu   Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waipahu Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 301 Yu   Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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