This comprehensive, thought-provoking text is the only one on the market that truly emphasizes global and cross-cultural issues as its core strength throughout each chapter. What better way to introduce your students to sociological concepts and applications than by invoking and instilling global issues. This text is the leader in the global perspective segment of the introduction to sociology market. Eleven of the sixteen chapters incorporate an example highlighting important and long-standing interconnections between the United States and some other country or countries. Five chapters highlight interconnections across national borders but in a more general way. Such extended examples mean that the core sociological concepts and theories are not presented in an encyclopedia-like way. Rather, the example becomes the vehicle for weaving together and applying key concepts and theories to issues confronting the United States and the world.

Brian MossOakland Community College"Ferrante's introductory sociology text provides a contemporary global view of sociological material. With concrete examples and in-depth explanations, any introductory sociology student will be able to comprehend and apply important concepts by conducting an informed analysis of the social world."

Lois SabolYakima Valley Community College"The global perspective emphasizes the context of social life and encourages students to go beyond an individualistic understanding to see the bigger picture. The information is solidly supported with evidence and is presented in an attractive, interesting format."

SOCIOLOGY: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, 7/E will introduce you to the discipline, and show you how sociology gives you powerful tools for thinking about and understanding what is going on in the world as well as the United States.

Sociology: A Global Perspective, 7/e introduces you to the concepts and theories of sociology, demonstrates how they can be used to think about the most significant and pressing global issues of our day, and uses powerful visual images to illustrate their impact on individuals, local communities, and society.

1. The Sociological Imagination. 2. Theoretical Perspectives and Methods of Social Research (With Emphasis on Mexico). 3. Culture (With Emphasis on North and South Korea). 4. Socialization (With Emphasis on Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza). 5. Social Interaction and the Social Construction of Reality (With Emphasis on the Democratic Republicof the Congo). 6. Social Organizations (With Emphasis on McDonald's, a U.S.-Based Multinational Corporation with Operations in 119 Countries). 7. Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control (With Emphasis on the Peoples Republic of China). 8. Social Stratification (With Emphasis on the Worlds Richest and Poorest Peoples). 9. Race and Ethnic Classification (With Emphasis on the Peopling of the United States (A Global Story). 10. Gender (With Emphasis on American Samoa). 11. Economics and Politics (With Emphasis on Iraq). 12. Family and Aging (With Emphasis on Japan). 13. Population and Urbanization (With Emphasis on India). 14. Education (With Emphasis on the European Union). 15. Religion (With Emphasis on the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). 16. Social Change (With Emphasis on Global Interdependence).