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MindTap Sociology, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Ferrante's Seeing Socioloogy: An Introduction, 3rd Edition

Joan Ferrante

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MindTap Sociology, 1 term (6 months) Instant Access for Ferrante's Seeing Socioloogy: An Introduction 3rd Edition by Joan Ferrante
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MindTap Sociology, powered by Knewton, for Ferrante's Seeing Sociology: An Introduction, 3rd Edition is the digital learning solution that helps instructors engage and transform today's students into critical thinkers. Through paths of dynamic assignments and applications that you can personalize, real-time course analytics, and an accessible reader, MindTap helps you turn cookie cutter into cutting edge, apathy into engagement, and memorizers into higher-level thinkers. Powered by Knewton, MindTap Sociology’s adaptive learning capability recommends chapter sections, assessment questions, and other study materials on concepts on which individual students needs the most improvement. Access to this product is valid for 6 months of usage.

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Joan Ferrante

Joan Ferrante is Professor of Sociology at Northern Kentucky University and author of Sociology: A Global Perspective, 9th Edition and co-editor of The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States. She received her PhD from the University of Cincinnati.

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The Sociological Perspective.
Culture.
Socialization.
Social Structures.
The Social Construction of Reality.
Deviance.
Social Inequalities.
Race and Ethnicity.
Gender and Sexualities.
Economics and Politics.
Families.
Education and Religion.
Social Change and the Pressing Issues of Our Times.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781305094369
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Seeing Sociology: An Introduction

ISBN: 9781305094369
Offering instructors complete flexibility, SEEING SOCIOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION, 3rd Edition combines up-to-the-minute coverage with an easy-to-manage approach featuring brief, self-contained modules in each chapter that instructors can assign based on the needs of their class. The Third Edition includes such contemporary topics as globalization’s connection to technology and gay rights, the anti-aging industry, and The Affordable Care Act, and many others. Extremely student-friendly and engaging, the text continues to make photos an integral part of the learning process-resulting in a stronger, more memorable learning experience for students. The new “What Do Sociologists See?” feature includes a sociologist's insights on everyday images, showing students how sociological concepts can be applied to daily life. MindTap Sociology Powered by Knewton, a highly personalized, online learning platform, is also available for the third edition.