Product Description

You May Ask Yourself teaches students to think like a sociologist and put those lessons into action. Conley's groundbreaking "non-textbook textbook" draws students into reading with his irreverent style, provocative critical analysis, and emphasis on students cultivating their own sociological imaginations. As part of his effort to get students to think like a sociologist, Conley emphasizes the social inequalities that are built into our lives. He also relies on a set of tools in every chapter to help students connect sociology to their own experiences: a Person, a Paradox, a Policy, and a Practice section.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30883 in Books
• Published on: 2008-11-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 802 pages

About the Author
Every year, Dalton Conley teaches the introduction to sociology course at New York University, where he is the University Professor of the Social Sciences and Chair of the Sociology department. He also holds appointments at NYU's Wagner School of Public Service, as an Adjunct Professor of Community Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 2005, Conley became the first sociologist to win the prestigious NSF Alan T Waterman Award, which honors an outstanding young U.S. scientist or engineer. Dalton Conley will be publishing a new trade book with Pantheon in January 2009 called The Elsewhere Society. His other books include: the memoir Honky (2001), The Pecking Order: A Bold New Look at How Family and Society Determine Who We Become (2004), Being Black, Living in the Red: Race, Wealth, and Social Policy in America (1999), and The Starting Gate: Birth Weight and Life Chances (2003).

Customer Reviews

Better than the average textbook
After all of the textbooks I've been through, this was a breath of fresh air. it doesn't read like a text book and actually engages the reader.

If you read the preface etc, you see several folks assisted the author. From time to time the switch in gears makes this somewhat obvious and breaks the flow. Outside of that this would be the first text book I'd take the time to review.

Decent Intro Book
It was a pretty straight forward book and interesting, but my teacher never seemed to agree with the author. Consequently we always had to interpret many aspects of the text.

Good Quality
The price was reasonable and the response was quick. I knew when the money had been taken and when the book had been shipped. The book was just as described. Very happy.