William Kornblum

Carolyn D. Smith

This book was written to bring a more cohesive thematic approach –emphasizing social/global change—to the introductory course and to give students a better understanding of sociology as it is applied to the real world. The text is accessible, while advanced students will be challenged with material in the exhibit boxes such as Sociological Methods and Mapping Social Change. This comprehensive, student-friendly introductory textbook emphasizes the reality of social change and its impact on individuals, groups, and societies throughout the world. The text carefully balances contemporary and classic theory and research, with special attention to the works of female and minority social scientists and cross-cultural studies. Kornblum applies all the major perspectives of sociology without giving undue emphasis to any single approach.

Sociology in a Changing World

These engaging accounts by masters of field research illustrate the synthesis of passionate involvement and objective analysis. An informative and inspiring collection for students and professional social scientists. (Cynthia Fuchs Epstein Distinguished Professor of Sociology City University of New York). This revised, edited volume brings together personal accounts by a group of noted ethnographic researchers to examine the natural history of participant observation. An ideal supplemental text for methods courses, In The Field is designed to give students a sense of what it is actually like to conduct ethnographic research. As the selections show, field researchers must struggle to gain acceptance by the group under study but then often become deeply involved in the lives of the people and at times are forced into a reexamination of their own values. By learning how social scientists conduct research under field conditions and how they feel while they are doing it, students will be better prepared to carry out successful field research projects of their own.

Readings on the Field Research Experience

In the Field

Essays on the Effects of Living Overseas and Coming "home" to a Strange Land

Strangers at Home

Jerome Kagan

Don Baucum

Julius Segal

Ernest Havemann

"Filled with study resources praised by instructors and students nationwide, [this book] guides you through this fascinating field-and gives you all the help you need for success"--Page 4 of cover.

An Introduction

Kagan & Segal's Psychology

Carolyn D. Smith

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