SOC Canadian Edition

Witt,Jon

McGraw-Hill Ryerson Higher Education

About the Author\nAlana J. Hermiston discovered Sociology in her first year of undergraduate studies at Trent University and graduated from Trent with an Honours B.A. She went on to earn her M.A. from Queen's University, and her Ph.D. from Carleton University. Alana has taught sociology courses at both the college and university level for many years. She is currently a professor in the Faculty of Justice Studies at Sir Sandford Fleming College in Peterborough, Ontario.\nJon Witt was born and raised in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. He attended college and graduate school in the Chicago area and received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Loyola University Chicago. Jon has been teaching at Central College in Pella, Iowa, since 1993. Hi first book, The Big Picture: A Sociology Primer (McGraw-Hill), provides an accessible and interesting introduction to what it means to look at the world sociologically. The website at www.soc101.com accompanies SOC and The Big Picture, and is dedicated to providing links to sociological stories, research, ideas, data, and more.\nFor your classes in Introductory Sociology, we offer SOC, Second Canadian Edition, presented in a unique magazine layout and design. Through extensive market research, students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high-quality content. 
SOC, Second Canadian Edition, offers instructors scholarly content and unmatched currency in a succinct magazine format that engages students. SOC consistently encourages students to foster their sociological imagination and encourages them to get involved and make a difference in the world around them. 
More current, more portable, more captivating = more learning. 
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Politics & Social Sciences

Hermiston, Alana

Sociology

McGraw-Hill/Ryerson

In this new brief introduction to the rich and complex discipline of sociology, Jon Witt cuts to the core of the sociological perspective, supplying answers to two main questions: "Why do we think the way we think?" and "Why do we act the way we act?" Providing students with a glimpse of the "Big Picture," the author offers a top-down look at the structure of society, which allows us to see the many ways in which we are linked together. 
 The book is based on the view that there are four basic parts to sociology: the individual, society, the relationship between the two, and the consequences of differences. Although the author presents some basic sociological facts about the individual and about society, the overarching concern of the book is the relationship between individual and society--the ways in which our actions shape the world around us and the ways in which we are shaped by the worlds in which we live.

The Big Picture: A Sociology Primer

Social Sciences

McGraw–Hill Education

For your classes in Introductory Sociology McGraw-Hill introduces the latest in its acclaimed M Series. The M Series started with your students. McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with over 4,000 students to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content. 
SOC offers instructors scholarly content and unmatched currency in a succinct magazine format that engages students. SOC consistently encourages students to foster their sociological imagination and encourages them to get involved and make a difference in the world around them. More current, more portable, more captivating, plus a rigorous and innovative research foundation adds up to: more learning. When you meet students where they are, you can take them where you want them to be.

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with over 4,000 students to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content. 
SOC, updated annually, offers instructors scholarly content and unmatched currency in a succinct magazine format that engages students. SOC consistently encourages students to foster their sociological imagination and encourages them to get involved and make a difference in the world around them. The 2010 edition offers updated statistics and research discoveries in sociology and coverage of the sociological effects of the recent economic downturn.

SOC 2010 Edition

McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with students from across the nation to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content. SOC, updated annually, offers instructors scholarly content and unmatched currency in a succinct magazine format that engages students. The 2012 Edition comes with an adaptive learning system and interactivities to help students master key concepts. SOC consistently encourages students to foster their sociological imagination to see the world through a different lens.

Make Sociology new with McGraw-Hill’s Connect Sociology and SOC 2014. Integral to Connect is Investigate Sociology, a tool that develops students’ sociological imaginations by placing them in provocative scenarios where they must analyze various sources and determine a solution. Connect also comes with LearnSmart, an adaptive questioning tool proven to increase content comprehension and student results, as well as fun interactivities like In their Shoes and Applying the Perspectives that teach sociology’s three theoretical frameworks. Finally, make sure students come prepared to class by assigning our many e-book activities. With McGraw-Hill’s digital tools, focus on what you do best―teaching. 
 Unique to this program, SOC 2014 uses extensive research to meet students where they are, by providing an appealing, affordable and current program. This, coupled with powerful digital learning tools, makes SOC 2014 an ideal choice for your introductory course. 
 Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

SOC 2014, Third Edition Update

About the Author Jon Witt was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and raised in a predominantly working-class community. His father, Richard Witt, was a printer and his mother, Mary Carpenter, was a stay-at-home mom. After his parents divorced, his mom returned to school to get a college degree and became a high school English teacher. Both his parents remarried. He has a brother and two sisters. In 1984, he married his high school sweet heart, Lori Opgenorth, who continues to be his life partner. They both headed to graduate school, and Lori earned a Ph.D. in U.S. History. Together they have the world’s two most wonderful daughters, Emily, born in 1994, and Eleanor, born in 1996. They recently added Jessie, a Pembroke Welsh corgi, to their family. Jon graduated from Sheboygan’s South High School in 1980. He attended Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1984. While at Trinity, he completed a semester-long program at the Oregon Extension in Ashland, Oregon. After college, he continued his education in sociology, joined the faculty of Central College in Pella, Iowa, where he is currently an associate professor. He regularly offers courses in introductory sociology, social problems, social stratification, sociology of religion, sociology of science and technology, and sociological theory.

LearnSmart/Connect SOC Updated 2014 Access Card

McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research students from across the nation to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content. 
 SOC, updated annually, offers instructors scholarly content and unmatched currency in a succinct magazine format that engages students. New to the 2011 edition is the inclusion of an adaptive learning system and interactivities to help students master key concepts. SOC consistently encourages students to foster their sociological imagination to see the world through a different lens.

SOC 2011 with Connect Plus Sociology w/ LearnSmart

McGraw-Hill conducted extensive market research with students from across the nation to gain insight into their studying and buying behavior. Students told us they wanted more portable texts with innovative visual appeal and content that is designed according to the way they learn. We also surveyed instructors, and they told us they wanted a way to engage their students without compromising on high quality content. SOC, updated annually, offers instructors scholarly content and unmatched currency in a succinct magazine format that engages students. The 2012 Edition comes with an adaptive learning system and interactivities to help students master key concepts. SOC consistently encourages students to foster their sociological imagination to see the world through a different lens.

SOC 2012 w/ Connect Plus Access Card

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