You May Ask Yourself

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According to Dalton Conley, learning sociology is a lot like learning to drive a car. "You can read all the manuals you want, but that ain't going to teach you how to do it. Only by seeing it in action and trying it yourself will you learn how to think like a sociologist."

For Conley learning how to think like a sociologist means showing students how sociologists debunk conventional wisdom using the sociological imagination and cutting edge research methods. Conley asks students to evaluate facts about their social world through a sociological lens and apply those lessons to what they see on CNN, hear from politicians, and experience in their own lives.

Conley is uniquely situated to write this textbook. A recent article in Nature compared him to Carl Sagan and Stephen Jay Gould and described him as "the most impressive sociology scholar of his generation" (see www.wwnorton.com/travelers for a copy of the article). While his research has probably made him the most important sociologist since C. Wright Mills, Conley's work outside of the academy has made him a well-known public figure. He routinely writes for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, Slate, and Forbes; he published a memoir, Honky, which has been optioned to be a feature film; and he has collaborated with Jeffrey Sachs and the United Nations Millennium Development Group in Africa.

 

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.

StudySpace

• Visit StudySpace

This free website will offer a sensible study plan with practical assignments that integrate review and assessment resources for each chapter. It will include chapter learning objectives, chapter outlines, printable study sheets, diagnostic quizzes, Dalton Conley mini-lecture podcasts, vocabulary flashcards, video clip quizzes, everydaysociologyblog.com exercises, and more.

Instructor Website featuring WebCT and Blackboard coursepacks

The instructor website offers:

• StudySpace assignments ready for Blackboard and WebCT courses
• Dalton Conley mini-lecture podcasts
• Instructor’s Manual
• Lecture PowerPoints with Clicker Questions
• Art from the book in PowerPoint and jpeg formats
• Glossary
• Test Bank in ExamView, WebCT, Blackboard, and RTF formats
• Website quizzes in Blackboard and WebCT
• Blackboard and WebCT coursepacks (other formats available on request)

Instructor’s Manual

Brenda Chappell, University of Central Oklahoma
Theresa Davidson, Samford University

Includes chapter summaries, lecture outlines and ideas, discussion questions, bibliography, filmography, end-of-chapter questions, and in-class activities.

Instructor Resource CD-ROM

Adopters who prefer not to download the art and lecture PowerPoints from the Instructor Website may request these on CD-ROM.

Test Bank

Brenda Chappell, University of Central Oklahoma
Christine Plumeri, Monroe Community College

Available in print, ExamView® Assessment Suite, BlackBoard, and WebCT formats.

Lecture-ready transparencies

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