Sociology: eBooks

How does socializing and "hanging out" with friends play a key role in our lives? This book explores the world of socialization as it occurs in the United States as well as other cultures. * Examines the ways people socialize at various stages of life, what we give and get as we socialize, and how people socialize across race and gender lines * Explains the findings of classical and current research regarding socialization without using complex terminology * Enables readers to gain a better understanding of the importance of socializing and how it influences our everyday lives * Includes scenarios related to socializing that enable readers to contextualize scientific data and apply this information to real-world experiences

Focusing primarily on the Gilded Age through the twentieth century, this fascinating volume synthesizes the findings and debates that have emerged from the growing historical and sociological literature on children's consumer culture, illuminating the circumstances and conflicts that produced, shaped, and legitimated children as a unique group of consumers.