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“Your book is extremely well written and very interesting. I find myself reading it for pleasure, something I have never done with college texts. It is going to be the only collegiate textbook that I ever keep simply to read on my own. I am also thinking of picking up sociology as my minor due to the fact that I have enjoyed the class as well as the text so much. Your writing has my highest praise and utmost appreciation.”
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I’ve just visited the ‘Society: The Basics’ website – specifically the powerpoint slides and I wanted to let you know who impressed I was with the presentation (I believe the words ‘Oh how cool!’ were said more than
once). These slides are wonderfully academic and entertaining. In the future I plan on using your material.
“I am taking an introductory sociology course which is using your book Sociology. Being the diligent student that I am, I actually read the preface. I saw the quotes you have from students commenting about how much they love the book. At first I was skeptical. Reading textbooks is not high on my pleasure list. I am happy to report to you that I was wrong. The book is so interesting [and] well written and uses terms that we students can understand. At the same time, you don’t talk down to us. The real-world examples of sociology in action make the text seem more practical and down to earth. I just wanted to let you know that you did write a very good textbook. I now know why it is the leading text in the field and why so many students love it.”
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Thank you for writing a “global” view textbook for Sociology. I am a Malaysian Chinese, presently pursuing a M.A. in Sociology and a graduate assistant at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. Recently I have some opportunities to teach some sessions of the Introduction class at the University and found that your textbook is very interesting and global minded. You have touched on moral, political, economical, and cultural aspects of different countries with a unique outlook.
FYC
private university, Alabama
I am a student in the National University of Ireland, Galway. I’m in first year and I took up a course on Sociology and so far, it’s going great for me. Your European edition, “Sociology – A Global Introduction”, is very easy to read and very understandable, and has been very helpful so far. There are Americans living in my building in Galway and one day one of them came into my room, saw the book on my desk and said “Cool! John Macionis! He’s a professor in my college!”. I thought that was kinda cool.
JC,
Ireland