INTRODUCTION 1
PART ONE．INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY 5
Chapter 1 SOCIETY 7
Concept of Society 7
Social Organization and Disorganization 8
Basic Factors in Social Life 9
General Social Trends 10
Chapter 2 CULTURAL CONTRASTS AND CULTURAL CHANGES 16
Primitive Peoples and Backward Nations 21
Chapter 3 THE HUMAN GROUP 38
Social Interaction 57
Chapter 4 PERSONALITY 62
Introduction 62
Cultural Influence on Personality 66
Scientific Study of Personality 70
Socialization，the Training of the Child in the Culture of the Group 72
Chapter 5 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS：POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC 90
Political Institutions 92
Economic Institutions 99
Chapter 6 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS：THE FAMILY 113
The Historical Development of the Family 113
Function of the Family 121
American Levels of Living 125
Daily Family Life 128
Problems of Adolescence 141
Forces in Family Disorganization 142
Family Reorganization 149
Institutions Which Serve the Normal Family 150
Chapter 7 POPULATION 158
Chapter 8 HUMAN ECOLOGY：THE RURAL COMMUNITY 168
The Rural Community 172
Chapter 9 HUMAN ECOLOGY：THE URBAN COMMUNITY 195
Functions of the City 201
Economic Life of the City 214
Social Interaction in the Urban Community 217
Antisocial Groups 223
The Church as a Social Agency 230
Social Control of the City 231
City Planning 231
PART TWO．SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF HEALTH 235
Chapter 10 SOCIETY PLANS FOR HEALTH 237
Factors in Social Life 244
Chapter 11 THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL CONTRASTS AND CULTURAL CHANGE ON NURSING 253
Chapter 12 THE HEALTH OF THE HUMAN GROUP 266
Chapter 13 PERSONALITY IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND DISEASE 279
Personality Formation in Childhood 279
Socialization：training in the Culture of the Group 284
Medical and Surgical Conditions Having Important Social Psychological Aspects 291
Chapter 14 POLITICAL，ECONOMIC AND FAMILY INSTITUTIONS INFLUENCING HEALTH 322
Political Institutions Influencing Health 322
Relation of Economic Institutions and Health 326
The Family as a Social Institution 339
Chapter 15 POPULATION IN ITS INFLUENCE ON HEALTH 353
Chapter 16 HUMAN ECOLOGY：THE COMMUNITY AND HEALTH 358
The Rural Community：Farm and Non-Farm 364
The Urban Community 370
PART THREE．THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLINICAL NURSING 383
INTRODUCTION 384
Chapter 17 THE STUDENT AND HER PATIENT 388
Social Processes in Social Interaction 390
Group Assignment of Nursing Care 394
The Situational Approach to the Use of Social Psychol-ogy in Clinical Nursing 398
What Schools of Nursing Are Doing to Integrate Sociol-ogy in Clinical Nursing 414
Chapter 18 THE PRODUCTIVE YEARS 418
Introduction 418
Early Adulthood 424
Middle Life 436
Chapter 19 THE AGING 455
Chapter 20 THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN THE NURSING OF CHILDREN 463
The Infant 466
The Pre-School Child 469
Middle Childhood：Six to Twelve Years 479
Adolescence 486
INDEX 491