Home The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise by Allan Johnson (ISBN: 9781439911860)

Stock photo: cover may vary

The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise Hardback - 2014 - 3rd Edition

Name: The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise
Price: 22.18 USD
Availability: InStock
Author: Johnson, Allan
ISBN: 9781439911860

by Allan Johnson

Add to wish list

Browse more copies for sale ↓

Reader reviews for The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise

Write a review for this book

Important Terms and Guidelines

Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.

Your review must not include:

Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information

From the publisher

New Third Edition!

If sociology could teach everyone just one thing, what would it be? The Forest and the Trees is one sociologist's response to the hypothetical-the core insight with the greatest potential to change how people see the world and themselves in relation to it.

This Third Edition features:
- Updated key references, data, resources, and examples, from global warming, Obama's election, and gay marriage to transgender/cisgender and the Occupy Movement
- A glossary of terms
- The short essays in Chapter 6, framed around the power of sociology, dig beneath easy and popular understandings to reveal what lies beneath
- An additional analysis of how men's violence is made invisible even though most violence is perpetrated by men
- Chapter 7's focus on sociology as a worldview with an analysis of the origins of white privilege

Details

Title The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice, and Promise
Author Allan Johnson
Binding Hardback
Edition number 3rd
Edition 3
Pages 198
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Temple University Press
Publication date 2014
Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index
ISBN 9781439911860 / 143991186X
Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.52 cm)
Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Sociological
Category Sociology
Library of Congress subjects Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2014006587
Dewey Decimal Code 301

About the author

Allan G. Johnson is a nationally recognized sociologist, nonfiction author, novelist, and public speaker best known for his work on issues of privilege and oppression, especially in relation to gender and race. He is the author of numerous books, including The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy (Temple) and Privilege, Power, and Difference. His work has been translated into several languages and excerpted in numerous anthologies. Visit him online at www.agjohnson.us and follow his blog at www.agjohnson.wordpress.com.

More Copies for Sale

Stock photo: cover may vary