Introduction to Sociology
The textbook is comprehensive. I have selected numerous chapters from the textbook, but do not require all of the material in the text for a principles of Sociology class. Thus it is more exhaustive than I need, but have the ability to choose which areas of the book I want my students to focus on.
This textbook has been reviewed in its entirety more than once and I have found now errors. It is relatively up to date (more so than hard bound copies are) and accurate.
This is a good solid introduction to Sociology textbook. Statistics are a big part of Sociology so it, like other intro Soc textbooks, will need to be updated regularly.
The textbook is written in a down to earth manner that students can understand and comprehend. Greater use of visual aids would assist students however.
The textbook is consistent with use of terms and does not mistakenly use terms interchangeably which can create confusion for students. It comes across as a professional book.
It is very easy to assign separate chapters in the order one would prefer. Because of its great depth of analysis this textbook could also be used for a Soc 201/202 course that requires more chapters.
It matches up with other Sociology textbooks (which is pretty standard).
There are no issues with its interface, but I would like more interfacing in general with digital resources, clickable maps, videos, etc.
No grammatical mistakes.
As a Sociology textbook it does a good job of looking at concepts from a cross-cultural perspective, thus it is culturally relevant and not offensive or insensitive to various races, ethnicities, sex, gender, and other groups of people.
I will be using this textbook in an OER course for Principles of Sociology.