ABSTRACT
This reissue of the now classic Sociological Worlds (originally published in 1995) attempts to present a comprehensive picture of human social life--from the perspective of the comparative-historical revolution in sociology and presents some of the best theoretical and empirical work that is now being done by comparative-historical sociologists, as well as work by their close cousins, socio-cultural anthropologists. From this perspective, readers gain a picture of the major ways in which human societies differ. For this new library edition, Professor Sanderson has provided both a new preface and three contributions that did not appear in the original edition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|47 pages
Preindustrial and Precapitalist Economies
part II|80 pages
Capitalism, Industrialism, and Socialism
part III|38 pages
Economic Development and Underdevelopment
part IV|38 pages
Stratification Systems
part V|53 pages
Political Systems
part VI|37 pages
Race and Ethnicity
part VII|32 pages
Gender Relations
part VIII|32 pages
Educational Systems
part IX|17 pages
Methods of Comparative Social Research