Through ongoing research into students’ workflows and preferences, SOC from 4LTR Press combines an easy-reference, paperback textbook with Chapter Review Cards, and an innovative online experience – all at an affordable price. New for this edition, students explore SOC anywhere, anytime, and on most devices with SOC Online! With the intuitive StudyBits™ functionality, students study more effectively and can visually monitor their own progress. Coupled with straightforward course management, assessment, and analytics for instructors, SOC with SOC Online engages students of all generations and learning styles, and integrates seamlessly into your intro to sociology course. SOC features clear and provocative examples that help students grasp abstract ideas, understand conceptual relationships, and spark their sociological imaginations. Each addition includes updates to all figures, tables, and related texts.

1. Thinking Like a Sociologist.
2. Examining Our Social World.
3. Culture.
4. Socialization.
5. Social Interaction and Social Structure.
6. Social Groups, Organizations, and Social Institutions.
7. Deviance, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System.
8. Social Stratification: United States and Global.
9. Gender and Sexuality.
10. Race and Ethnicity.
11. The Economy and Politics.
12. Families and Aging.
13. Education and Religion.
14. Health and Medicine
15. Population, Urbanization, and the Environment.
16. Social Change: Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Technology.

Through ongoing research into students’ workflows and preferences, SOC from 4LTR Press combines an easy-reference, paperback textbook with Chapter Review Cards, and an innovative online experience – all at an affordable price. New for this edition, students explore SOC anywhere, anytime, and on most devices with SOC Online! With the intuitive StudyBits™ functionality, students study more effectively and can visually monitor their own progress. Coupled with straightforward course management, assessment, and analytics for instructors, SOC with SOC Online engages students of all generations and learning styles, and integrates seamlessly into your intro to sociology course. SOC features clear and provocative examples that help students grasp abstract ideas, understand conceptual relationships, and spark their sociological imaginations. Each addition includes updates to all figures, tables, and related texts. NEW Improved Tables and Figures: To make course concepts clearer, at least one table, figure or exhibit in each chapter has been redesigned for improved clarity. Every 4LTR Press solution comes complete with an engaging print textbook, tear-out review cards, an interactive digital solution, which offers study tools and the full text narrative, all delivered and influenced by a deep understanding of student’s workflow and learning styles. Available as print with online, print only, or online only, students have their choice of format all at the same affordable price. Shorter, comprehensive chapters in a modern design present content in a more engaging and accessible format that increases the number of students who read the chapter without minimizing coverage for your course. Tear-Out Review Cards at the back of the Student Editions provide students a portable study tool containing all of the pertinent information for class and test preparation.