One of the most difficult concepts to convey to introductory students is social structure. This book achieves that goal for students the way few sociology texts do. Babbie also successfully explains for students what is fundamentally different about the social level of analysis …
In this book the author explains what the credit card tells us, both good and bad, about the essence of the modern US and why and how the credit card is helping to transform much of the world.
The explosive growth of consumer credit, as well as the shift from cash to "plastic" in societies throughout the world signals a transformation in social relations, which is the focus of this book. For student readers who know the world of credit cards all too well, this is a gr…