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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.):
  Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (Signet Classics, 1998).
  Steven Kalberg (ed.), Max Weber (Blackwell, 2005).
  Emile Durkheim, The Division of Labor in Society (Free Press, 1997).
  Diane Harriford & Becky Thompson, When the Center is on Fire (University of Texas Press, 2008).
  Gary Alan Fine, Kitchens (University of California Press, 2008, 2nd ed.).
  Annette Lareau, Unequal Childhoods (University of California Press, 2003).
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.
  Randall Collins and Michael Makowsky, The Discovery of Society (McGraw-Hill, any edition).
  Anthony Giddens, Capitalism and Modern Social Theory (Cambridge University Press, 1971).
All other readings can be found on Blackboard: E-Reserves or accessed online directly from the Schedule page.

 

 

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