From: GROVE::SKSANDER "s_sanderson" 31-JAN-1995 14:39:26.64
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Subj: 3rd edition of Macrosociology
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
The 3rd edition of Stephen Sanderson's MACROSOCIOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN
SOCIETIES, was published by HarperCollins in December. A number of subscribers
to the list will be familiar with this book, but for those who don't the
following information can be provided:
MACROSOCIOLOGY is a textbook designed for introductory sociology courses and
many other courses in sociology. It takes a comparative and historical
approach and includes a good deal of what is ordinarily called anthropology and
history. The theoretical perspective is a flexible version of evolutionary
materialism, and the world-system perspective is extensively discussed and
viewed as a subtype of this more general perspective. The book could suitably
be used for courses in comparative sociology, social change, economy and
society, political sociology, social stratification, and, of course the general
introductory course. I (Sanderson) use it in my own course entitled World
Societies and World Systems, along with Shannon's AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD
SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE and Wagar's (apparently highly controversial!!) book on the
future.
Table of Contents:
1. Sociology and the Scientific Study of Human Societies
2. Human Evolution and the Emergence of Human Society and Culture
3. Sociocultural Systems and Sociocultural Evolution
4. Preindustrial Societies
5. Precapitalist Economic Systems
6. The Origin and Evolution of Social Stratification
7. The Origins of Modern Capitalism
8. Capitalism and Socialism Since the Industrial Revolution
9. Capitalism and Economic Underdevelopment
10. Social Stratification in Industrial Societies
11. Political Evolution and the Origin of the State
12. Capitalism, Socialism, and the Evolution of the State
13. Comparative Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Stratification
14. The Gender Division of Labor and Gender Inequality
15. Marriage, Family, and Kinship in Comparative Perspective
16. The Development of the Modern Family System
17. The Social Foundations of Education
18. The Forms and Functions of Religious Belief and Action
19. Whither Humankind? The Future of Sociocultural Evolution
Complimentary copies can be ordered by writing to Alan McClare at College
Division, HarperCollins, 10 E. 53rd St., New York, NY 10022, or by calling his
assistant at (212) 207-7307. I am also happy to field any questions anyone may
have.