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Essentials of Sociology
Fourth Edition
To Sue, from George: With much love for enduring, mostly with her usual good humor intact, all the years I was often unavailable while writing this book
Essentials of Sociology
Fourth Edition
George Ritzer
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Title: Essentials of sociology / George Ritzer, University of Maryland.
Description: Fourth edition. | Los Angeles : SAGE, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Essentials of Sociology, adapted from Ritzer’s Introduction to Sociology, Fifth Edition, provides the same rock-solid foundation in a shorter and more streamlined format. Like the original Ritzer text, Essentials of Sociology illuminates traditional sociological concepts and theories, while also focusing on central concerns of contemporary sociologists: globalization, consumption, and the digital world. Ritzer Essentials has fewer text boxes, covers fewer specialized theories, combines theories/methods into a single chapter, covers U.S. and global stratification in a single chapter, and has one additional combined chapter (Education and Religion) in the “Institutions” section of the book”—Provided by publisher.