1 Understanding Sociology 2 2 Sociological Research 26 3 Culture 52 4 Socialization and the Life Course 78 5 Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure 104 6 The Mass Media 132 7 Deviance and Social Control 156 8 Stratification and Social Mobility in the United States 186 9 Global Inequality 216 10 Racial and Ethnic Inequality 242 11 Stratiā¦