This classic text provides a revised and updated survey of the social sciences, written in an unbiased manner with a multidisciplinary, common sense approach. The thirteenth edition highlights the dramatic political and economic changes that have swept the world in recent years, providing students and instructors with a starting point for lively classroom discussions and debate.

As with every edition, this text has been thoroughly updated. Some highlights of the new edition include:

• Chapter 1 has a new discussion of qualitative analysis and introduces the distinction between causation and correlation.
• Chapter 2 has an expanded discussion of scientific and religious views of evolution.
• Chapter 4 includes a new section on multiculturalism and the political debates over monoculturalism versus multiculturalism.
• Chapter 5 discusses the conservation movement, the price of gasoline, and the global economics of oil production.
• Chapter 6 has a section on technologies used to fight crime and technology-based crime such as identity theft.
• Chapter 7 distinguishes the psychoanalytic and cognitive approaches to understanding behavior.
• Chapter 8 includes both secular and religious histories of marriage.
• Chapter 10 discusses the GED and high school dropouts.
• Chapter 11’s section on social mobility has been rewritten and expanded.
• Chapter 13 has a new discussion of Republicans, Democrats, and political ideology.
• Chapter 14, Governments of the World, includes the Nigerian government to achieve better geographic distribution.
• Chapters 16 and 19 have new material on globalization and the world economy.
• Chapter 17 covers patents, copyrights, and intellectual property rights.
• Chapters 18, 19, and 20, the political science and economics chapters, contain updated examples, discussions of fast-changing foreign policy issues, and the evolving war on terror.

Overall

"Without qualification, it is, in my view, the best in the field."

-- Ali Al--Taie

     Shaw University

"Judged by its detailed subjects, themes, concepts, its very content, and the style of writing, the book is  a salient example of prudent scholarship, pointed learning, and professional manufacturing."

-- Ali Al--Taie

     Shaw University

"It provides the foundational knowledge upon which to fuel rich lectures and engaging classroom discussions."

-- Catherine Montsinger

     Johnson C. Smith University

"The text is concise and manageable for students from various academic majors outside the social sciences.  It approached the topics from an introductory level yet is stimulating."

-- Catherine Montsinger

     Johnson C. Smith University

"Hunt/Colander represents a good choice of topics for a study of the social sciences, with a very thorough look at relevant issues in the various disciplines."

-- Ted Williams

     City Colleges of Chicago

Chapter 1

"Good introduction to the field of social science.  It is simple and direct.  Good example of sample survey."

-- Ted Williams

     City Colleges of Chicago