SUPPLEMENTAL CREDIT, Soci 473

Each book will be worth up to 25 points. It MUST be turned in by the
deadline. The basic instructions:
   a) Read the book
   b) Summarize what the book is about 
   c) What are the key themes?
   d) What is the author's theoretical perspective (defend your choice)
   e) Select one or two themes and explain how they help us understand
      some aspect of our social world

Papers should be about 1,500 words

Here are the choices (I will add to these throughout the term:

--Durkheim: SUICIDE (Due Oct 1)
--Lewis Coser: THE FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL CONFLICT (Due Oct 1)
--C. Wright Mills: THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION (Due Oct 8)
--Eugene Genovese: ROLL JORDAN ROLL (Due Oct 8)

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