TY - BOOK AU - Kendall, Diana TI - Sociology in our times : : the essentials SN - 9781337109659 U1 - 301 22 PY - 2018/// CY - USA PB - Cengage learning KW - Sociology N1 - Includes index and bibliography; Social Science N2 - [This text] establishes the foundation for studying society and social life. [The text] examines social structure and interaction in everyday life, using homelessness as a sustained example of the dynamic interplay of social structure and human agency in people's daily lives. [It] focuses on social differences and social inequality, looking at issues of class, race/ethnicity, and sex/gender. [It] offers systematic discussion of social institutions, making students more aware of the importance of social institutions and showing how a problem in one often has a significant influence on others. [It also] surveys social dynamics and social change.-Pref ER -