Contemporary Society: An Introduction to Social Science

by John A. Perry and Erna K. Perry

Book Overview

This best-selling text emphasizes why social and cultural changes are the pervasive realities of our time. A key theme of Contemporary Society is that the transition from an industrial to a post-industrial order in today's world is fraught with difficulties, as was the transition from an agricultural to an industrial order in an earlier era. Within this framework, we can observe the increasing fragmentation of the social order today, which tends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138100277
• ISBN13: 9781138100275
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.9"