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This title includes all general topics covered in an introductory sociology course under three general headings: The Individual in Society, Large-Scale Social Structures, and Societal Transformation. These sections include discussions of groups and social networks, deviance and control, community and urban structures, social stratification, race and ethnic relations, collective behavior and social movements, political sociology, demography, and more. There is a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.