"Imagining Society: An Introduction to Sociology is an innovative, versatile, and economical resource for an introductory course. With this single text, instructors can teach the discipline's history, key concepts, and subfields; expose students to short excerpts from the original works of classical and contemporary sociologists; explain sociology's key theoretical insights by connecting them to specific issues; describe and illustrate the methods used by sociologists; and engage students in thoughtful, self-directed projects and activities"-- Provided by publisher.