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These required books are available at the Vassar bookstore and in the library under the 3-hour reserve list for this section of Intro to Sociology (SOCI-151-01/Nevarez, L.):
  Emirbayer, Mustafa (ed.). 2003. Emile Durkheim. Malden, MA: Blackwell. [Listed in Schedule as "Durkheim".]
  Antonio, Robert J. (ed.). 2003. Marx and Modernity. Malden, MA: Blackwell. [Listed in Schedule as "Marx".]
  Kalberg, Steven (ed.). 2005. Max Weber. Malden, MA: Blackwell. [Listed in Schedule as "Weber".]
  Florida, Richard. 2002. The Rise of the Creative Class. New York: Basic Books.
  Lareau, Annette. 2003. Unequal Childhoods. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  Hannigan, John. 1998. Fantasy City. New York: Routledge.
These recommended books are available in the Sociology Department's permanent reserve list of books for Sociology 151. They provide useful historical context and theoretical elaboration for the ideas we discuss in class. If you feel unsure of your grasp of the course materials, be sure to look at the chapters I have recommended in the course schedule.
  Collins, Randall and Michael Makowsky. The Discovery of Society. Any edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill.
  Giddens, Anthony. 1971. Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim, and Max Weber. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

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