Introducing Sociology: A Critical Perspective

From: The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Dell, Colleen Anne | Copyright information

MURRAY KNUTTILA, Introducing Sociology: A Critical Perspective. 2nd ed. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2002, 340 p.

Introducing Sociology: A Critical Perspective delivers on its title. It is an analytically engaging text for the newcomer to the study of sociology. The text is solidly grounded within the sociological field and the social sciences in general, and raises questions of socially relevant current and historical events. Knuttila's prime objective is to evoke the ...

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