Imagining Society

Explore sociology's key concepts, theories, methods, and original voices--all in one innovative text. Imagining Society: An Introduction to Sociology is an versatile and economical resource for your introductory course. With this single text, you can: Teach the discipline's history, key concepts, subfields, and contributions to social science. Expose students to the central building blocks of sociology-short excerpts from the original works of classical and contemporary sociologists. Explain sociology's key theoretical insights by connecting them to specific issues. Describe and illustrate the methods used by sociologists-not just in the opening chapter, but throughout the entire text. Engage students in thoughtful, self-directed projects and activities. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.