| Reading(s) | Author |
|---|---|
| The Promise of Sociology | C. Wright Mills |
| The Case for Value Free Sociology | Max Weber |
| Getting In, New Yorker magazine review of Jerome Karabel, The Chosen (Oct 10, 2005) | Malcolm Gladwell |
| Why Do Tastes Become Tastes? Chap 1 from A Matter of Taste: How Names, Fashions and Culture Change. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 2000. | Stanley Lieberson |
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