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The Practical Skeptic: Readings in Sociology, Fifth Edition presents the same format as the fourth edition and introduces six new pieces that will be of interest to today's students. Substantive footnotes and clarification of possibly confusing jargon enhance the clear and concise style of the book. Chapter review questions allow students to meaningfully reflect on and discuss the reading selections.The Practical Skeptic: Readings in Sociology is the ideal companion text to Mclntyre's The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in Sociology
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The Practical Skeptic: Readings in Sociology includes classic sociological research writings as well as recent pieces on fascinating topics of interest to students. It is the ideal companion to McIntyre's text, The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in Sociology, or other sociology texts. Readings in this edition challenge students to re-evaluate familiar social arenas: the college classroom, televised sports shows, restaurants, doctors' offices and even public restrooms. The readings focus around the essential message that there is much that goes on in the social world that escapes the sociologically untrained eye.
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