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Sociology
Understanding and Changing the Social World, Comprehensive Edition

v4.0 Steven E. Barkan

Part 1 Introducing Sociology

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Sociology is the scientific study of society. These two chapters introduce the sociological perspective and describe how sociologists study society and social life.