Exploring social life : readings to accompany Essentials of sociology, a down-to-earth approach, fifth edition / edited by James M. Henslin.

Sociological perspective: Sociological perspective, Invitation to sociology / Peter L. Berger; Culture, Fierce People / Napoleon Chagnon; Socialization, Anybody's son will do / Gwynne Dyer; Social structure and social interaction, Secrets of selling cars / Stephen J. Miller -- Social groups and social control: Social groups and formal organizations, Just another routine emergency / Daniel F. Chambliss; Deviance and social control; Becoming a prostitute / Nanette J. Davis; Social stratification in global perspective -- Social inequality: One world, ready or not / William Greider; Social class in the United States, Uses of poverty, the poor pay all / Herbert J. Gans; Inequalities of race and ethnicity, Invisible man / Lawrence Otis Graham; Inequalities of gender and age, Sick societies / Robert B. Edgerton -- Social instructions: Politics and the economy, Power elite / C. Wright Mills; Marriage and family, When work becomes home and home becomes work / Arlie Russell Hochschild; Education, College athletes and role conflict / Peter Adler and Patricia A. Adler -- Social change: Population and urbanization, In the barrios / Joan Moore and Raquel Pinderhughes, Social change, technology, social movements, and the environment; Social change and Amazon Indians / Marlise Simons; How many sexual partners do Americans have? / Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward 0. Laumann, and Gina Kolata.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.