How Has Life Changed Since 1800 Essay

Henslin, J. (2011). Essentials of Sociology: A Down To Earth Approach. Boston, MA: Allyn &

The poor suffered from disease, inhabited substandard housing, had a high rate of alcoholism, crime and fighting, and high unemployment, and experienced lack of government social services. The poor and urban workers were the people that worked more harshly and were exposed to more diseases.

After reviewing the article titles given for this first assignment, I believe they indicate that Sociology, generally speaking, is not only a study of diversity or commonality in traits among people; it is also a science about factors in a person’s life and how these factors culminate responses. Interestingly enough, its topics of concern seem to be directly determined by current and common events of the world. Through the invention and expansion of new ideas, popular trends and fashions through time, Sociology adapts to responsibly to service the very subjects of interest it studies; for, even the slightest change of a person’s daily experience can have an insurmountable impact on attitude, personal growth, family

On the other end of the society scale, the working poor were working and living in unbearable conditions. There were no irrigation systems, running water or any way of preserving hygiene in the homes or the factories. The working poor lived in slums and tenements which were breeding grounds for diseases. In the book, “The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844” by Friedrich Engels, he states, “...at the end of the covered passage, a privy without a door, so dirty that the inhabitants can pass into and out of the court only by passing through foul pools of stagnant urine and excrement.” (page 78)1. This gives us a peek into the horrible unsanitary conditions that the working class were forced to endure while the business owners were living in beautiful mansions and summer houses.

Bibliography PageJames M Henslin. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, Core Concepts (3rd Edition). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2008.

* Refer to at least six sociological concepts covered in the lectures or textbook reading. Highlight these concepts in boldface.

Schaefer, Richard T. Sociology In Modules. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011. McGrawHills Connect. Web. 4 Apr. 2013.

Kendall, Diane, Jane Lothian Murray, Rick Linden. Sociology in Our Times. Scarborough, Ontario: Thomson Canada Limited, 2004.

The publisher of our sociology textbook provides us with a website of resources to further our learning in the course. These resources not only help in this course, but they can also be helpful in real world situations. From the website, I have chosen three course-wide resources and two chapter-based resources that I find useful. I have also explored the lives of various notorious sociologists.

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This is a study of the basic concepts of sociology applied to modern society, and the use of the scientific methods in sociology, analysis

‘The first wisdom of sociology is this: things are not what they seem (sociology global intro p.5)

The old-traditional way of life has vanished for ever. Today only villages and some small towns remind us of this kind of life, and as time passes, more people choose to abandon traditional way of life, to move to the “big city”. Modern way of life has nothing in common with the traditional one. Human habits, values, norms have changed. The most important of these social changes can be observed in human relationships, family economy, education, government, health, and religion. To be able to examine these changes, one has to compare traditional and modern way of life.

Sociology. The study of development, structure, and functioning of human society. It is the basis which scientists use to analyses social interactions and behaviors of those around us. For example, when you are watching the news and see a statistic of how a certain people group tends to have a specific pater of thought, this come directly from sociology. In other words, sociology is the means by which we use to understand each other. So far, we have covered many different topics ranging from societal norms, to sub cultures, to inter-personal relationships. The point of this paper is to demonstrate our understanding of the major topics given in the first seminar. As such, I will be covering the following topics in this synthesis essay. They are as follows: The process to complete a sociological research project, a key sociologist talked about in our textbook and how we can relate, and finally my personal opinions on the key concept given though out the textbook. With the formalities out of the way, I shall begin.