This brief and economical reader, edited by Jim Henslin, is specifically designed to be used as a companion to Sociology, A Down-to-Earth Approach: Core Concepts. There are two readings per text chapter, to support the kind of in-depth study of high-priority topics that Core Concepts is designed for.

New to this Edition

• Diary of a Homeless Man by John R. Coleman
• Learning Silence: Boys and Girls in School  by Peggy Orenstein
• Inside Organized Racism by Kathleen M. Blee
• The American Family by Stephanie Coontz