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DISCUSSIONS ON THE TEXT BO0K
The Sociology
of Communities
by
Phil Bartle
Contributions will be
added to the top of this collection as I receive them
Date: Wed, 19 Jan
From Phil Bartle
Today Ottawa called and gave me
the assigned ISBN number of our text book, The Sociology of Communities;
An Introduction.
Please could you write or print
it inside the front cover?
ISBN 0-9737437-0-0
Many thanks,
Date: Wed, 14 Jul
From: "Jennifer D"
Subject: soc 100 critique
This is just a preliminary
critique of your draft introductory soc book. I would need to read
the book further and more thoroughly to offer constructive advice.
I find the draft book
interesting and full of useful examples that help put the terms in a language
I can understand. But I find that the book does not offer enough
of actual defintions and in depth explanations of the necessary terms need
for introductory sociology.
When it came to answering
the exam questions, I found that I referred to the Henslin text for advice
and not to the draft book. As of yet I have not found the draft book
useful for learning the course material but only as a reference for interesting
stories. Sorry. Like I said the idea may change as I get to
read the book further.
July 1 Canada Day
I think the section,
Family, Community, Society; Two Spectra, currently in Chapter Four, Family,
should move to Chapter Two, Community Characteristics. The boundaries
between Community and Family are becoming more blurred, especially as families
are becoming more loosely defined, as we recognise the wide variation in
family structures. Chapter Four concentrates more on the Socialisation
process, and so that spectra section would do better as part of the discussions
on community characteristics. Chapter Four might eventually be split
in two, one on families and one on socialization. If it is to concentrate
mainly on the reproduction of culture, then the secion on The Dark Side
might be moved to the chapter on deviance and crime.
Now that it is confirmed
I am to teach Soc 100 in the Summer term, my efforts have to move away
from the text book and towards preparing the course outline and new lecture
notes. This is why instructors find it difficult to write text books.
I, at least, find it difficult to walk and chew gum at the same time ==>
I find I cannot concentrate on more than one major mental task in a day.
June 30
Should the chapter on
inequality be expanded to include global inequality? No, this book is about
communites. What about communities of nations? Hmm..
June 29
I would like to write
more on the six dimensions. I do not want to split the chapter into
six chapters, however. Should the Worldview Dimension be expanded
into a chapter on the Sociology of Religion? Should the Interactional
Dimension be expanded into a chapter on Social Interaction? Should
I write more on the presentation of self?
June 28 Election day
I spent much of yesterday
and today putting the Web References Page,
an accessory to the book, onto the site. There are a lot of Internet
references in sociology, and it is possible, with cautious exploration,
to cover every topic in the Henslin textbook by using the internet for
free. Save 70 dollars. Take risks. Phil
June 27
The second quotation
at the head of Chapter Six, by Raglan, should be moved to the head of Chapter
Three.
Page 9:7 footnote 11,
add, "An interesting history thesis might be to test out the urban legend
that Apartheid's pass book system originated in Ladysmith, BC, on Vancouver
Island." Ladysmith BC was named after Ladysmith, South Africa and there
were several connections.
Page 9:5, line 20, remove
"to" from between "still" and "believe."
Page 11:5, Twelve Lessons.
The word "building" appears three times. It should be "development," as
in capacity development. Phil
June 26
Two friends, English
teachers from U.Vic, came over for an African lunch made by Liz. Both were
impressed with the book, and felt that it was so much easier to use to
get into the subject than the ones they had when they took introductory
sociology, which had; "Too many definitions." Phil
June 25
Camosun Imaging has
just now printed the first draft of the book. I took it to our departmental
lunch, and got very favourable comments from my colleagues when I showed
them my review copy. Reading it carefully later, however, I found that
there are many typos (typographical errors) that need to be cleaned up.
I know the students will find it useful, but also hope that they will also
help me to polish it for eventual publication. Started this blog
as a forum for discussion. Phil
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