Cover of Sociology

Sociology

by Anthony Giddens · 1986

+ Want to read

Sociology provides an introduction to its field. The fifth edition preserves the lucid, lively and comprehensive qualities which marked the book in its earlier versions. Numerous student learning aids are provided.

Subject
sociologysociologyMore like thisLess of thissocial sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thissciencescienceMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
collegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 1000 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked Sociology? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Sociology. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective Peter L. Berger · 1963 Shares sociology, nonfiction, social sciences
  2. Sociology: Themes And Perspectives Michael Haralambos · 1980 Shares sociology, nonfiction, university
  3. Rules of Sociological Method Emile Durkheim · 1895 Shares sociology, nonfiction, academic
  4. The Sociological Imagination C. Wright Mills · 1959 Shares sociology, nonfiction, academic
See more recommendations →

“People who read Sociology tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology Max Weber, Claus Wittich · 1922
  2. Mind, Self and Society from the Standpoint of a Social Behaviorist George Herbert Mead · 1934
  3. The Logic of Practice Pierre Bourdieu · 1980
  4. Liquid Modernity Zygmunt Bauman · 1999

“If you want more of the same (sociology), start with these.”

  1. Four Sociological Traditions Randall Collins · 1994
  2. Thinking Sociologically Zygmunt Bauman, Tim May · 1990
  3. Sociology John J. Macionis · 1987
  4. Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method Herbert Blumer · 1986

“If it was the politics that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Durkheim Is Dead!: Sherlock Holmes Is Introduced to Social Theory: Sherlock Holmes Is Introduced to Social Theory Arthur Asa Burger, Arthur Asa Berger · 2003
  2. If You Tell Gregg Olsen · 2019
  3. How to Not Die Alone Logan Ury, Genis Monrabà · 2021
  4. Open the Social Sciences: Report of the Gulbenkian Commission on the Restructuring of the Social Sciences · 1996

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Sociology: A Brief Introduction Richard T. Schaefer · 1994
  2. Social Research Methods Alan Bryman · 2001
  3. Sociological Insights: An Introduction to Nonobvious Sociology Randall Collins · 1982
  4. Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems Michael Begon, John L. Harper, Colin R. Townsend · 2005

Report a problem