Social Things introduces the sociological imagination through lively, memorable stories and interpretations. This fifth edition celebrates the book's fifteenth

The meaning that people attribute to things necessarily derives from human transactions and motivations, particularly from how those things are used and circula

The fourth edition of Social Things is as poignant and readable as ever with new material to help introduce sociology as a discipline and a way of life to a new

n this wordless graphic picture book, a young boy feels alone with his worries. He isn't fitting in well at school. His grades are slipping. He's even lashing o

Now in paperback This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern China. Craig Cl