Contents 1
PREFACE 1
1 The Promise of Soaology C.Wright Mills Topic theory 1
2 Invitation to Sociology Peter L Berger Topic theory 7
3 Manifesto of the Communist Party Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels Topic theory 12
4 How to Lie with Statistics Darrell Huff Topic methods 20
5 Manifest and Latent Functions Robert K.Merton Topic culture 26
6 Body Ritual among the Nacirema Horace Miner Topic culture 28
7 The Self George Herbert Mead Topic socializauon 33
8 The Presentation of Self Erving Goffman Topic social interaction 41
9 The Uses of Poverty:The Poor Pay All Herbert J.Gans Topic stratification 48
10 The Souls of Black Folk W.E.B.DuBois Topic race and ethmicity 54
11 The Future of Marriage Jessie Bernard Topic gender,family 59
12 On Being Sane in Insane Places D.L.Rosenhan Topic deviance and socialization 67
13 The Power Elite C.Wright Mills Topic politics 76
14 Savage Inequalities Jonathan Kozol Topic education 83
15 Urbanism as a Way of Life Louis Wirth Topic urbanization 91
GLOSSARY 99