This text is suitable for one-quarter/semester Introductory Sociology courses. With relevant applications and a wealth of instructor and student resources, "Sociology, Tenth Edition" allows students to see sociology in their everyday lives! John Macionis never started out to become a sociologist, but after enrolling in his first sociology course, he found that sociology helped him make sense of the world and that it was an interesting, exciting and fun discipline. He wanted to share this excitement with the introductory sociology student, to help them see sociology in their everyday lives, and this is what led him to make teaching and writing about sociology his life's work.