Introduction. Part I: The Basic Basics. Chapter 1: Sociology: Getting Your Head Around It. Chapter 2: What Is Sociology, and Why Should I Care? Chapter 3: Making It Up as They Went Along: The History of Sociology. Chapter 4: Research Methods: Because You Can t Put Society in a Test Tube. Part II: Seeing Society Like a Sociologist. Chapter 5: Socialization: What is Culture, and Where Can I Get Some? Chapter 6: Microsociology: If Life Is a Game, What Are the Rules? Chapter 7: Caught in the Web: The Power of Networks. Part III: Equality and Inequality in Our Diverse World. Chapter 8: Social Stratifi cation: We re All Equal, But Some of Us Are More Equal Than Others. Chapter 9: Gender and Ethnicity: I Know My Race, But Where s the Finish Line? Chapter 10: Getting Religion: Faith in the Modern World. Chapter 11: Crime and Deviance: I Fought the Law ... and I Won! Part IV: All Together Now: The Ins and Outs of Social Organization. Chapter 12: Corporate Culture: The Study of Organizations (and Disorganizations). Chapter 13: The Rules of the Game: Social Movements and Political Sociology. Chapter 14: Urban Sociology and Demographics: (Ain t No) Love in the Heart of the City. Part V: Sociology and Your Life. Chapter 15: Get Born, Get a Job, Get a Kid, Get Out of Here: The Family and the Life Course. Chapter 16: Future Passed: Understanding Social Change. Part VI: The Part of Tens. Chapter 17: Ten Sociology Books That Don t Feel Like Homework. Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Use Sociological Insight in Everyday Life. Chapter 19: Ten Myths About Society Busted by Sociology. Index.
