This is a book that will be used in a one semester course where the breadth of the development of sociological theory is covered in one semester. The book will be a hybrid of text and readings by providing both original works and a theoretical and historical framework with which to better understand the readings. The proposed readings will consist of the major writings of sociology's key theorists, and Edles/Applerouth will provide a historical and theoretical framework for understanding them. This is a major difference from the ...