TY  - BOOK
AU  - Perry,John A.
AU  - Perry,Erna
TI  - Contemporary society: an introduction to social science 
SN  - 0060451602
U1  - 300 PER 
PY  - 1991///
CY  - New York
PB  - Harper & Row
KW  - Social sciences
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; The social world through the lens of science; In the beginning.....; Life in groups: Interaction and structure of human life in society; Culture: product and guide to life in society; Becoming a person; Devience and criminality; The great divide: ranking and stratification; Differentiation: race, ethnicity, and minority; Didderentiation: Gender and age; Pivotal institutions: the family; Pivitol institutions: religion, education; Contemporary society and the effects of social change: Mass society, formal organizations, bureaucracy; The world and its people: population and environment; The city and its people: urbanization and collective behaviour; Ideologies and their consequences: autocracy and democracy; Government: theory and the american experience; Democracy in action: we, the people; The economy: concepts and history; Microeconomics and Macroeconomics; Nation among nations: International relations
ER  -