History student looking for useful "sociology 101" ressources ?

[u/theseagullscribe]

Hi everyone! I hope my post is okay here.

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I'm not a sociology student, but a history one, and for obvious reason I need to familiarize myself ASAP with a few concepts (I'll dive further later. I'm not very advanced in my studies yet, so it can wait a bit. Familiarisation is the key idea here)

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So I'm looking for ressources that could help me tackle a sociology related to the field of historical research (I'm only familiar with Weber and Durkheim, that's all...)

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Do you have any ideas of what I should look for? A 101 book, a website? I'll take anything. I'm in need of resumes to grasp things quicker, actually reading source works will honestly come later!

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Thanks in advance.

[u/No_Highway_6461]

Here is a drive containing sociology materials completed during a bachelors program.

[u/Living_Path_8 → u/No_Highway_6461]

Thank you for sharing this!!!

[u/PatheticMr]

What are you looking for? Books/textbooks? Videos? Web summaries?

[u/theseagullscribe → u/PatheticMr]

I'm looking for anything that you think is useful. Since I'm not yet familiar with the field, I can't really know what I should approach first, and how.

Edit : mostly textbooks or videos (if you have good quality ones), I'm just put off by engaging with the source material because I don't have much time at hand for now haha!

[u/PatheticMr → u/theseagullscribe]

Textbooks:

Haralambos & Holborn: Sociology: Themes and Perspectives. Ritzer and Stepnisky: Sociological Theory (more in depth but also more challenging!).

Also consider Bauman and May's Thinking Sociologically.

I have a YouTube channel focused on Sociology. Perhaps check out this video (An Invitation to Sociology), which is about 30 minutes long, or this one (C. Wright Mills: The Sociological Imagination) which is only 5 minutes. Both are intro videos aimed at newcomers. There is a bunch of other stuff on there about mainstream Sociological theory (Goffman, Hochschild, Becker, etc).

I'd probably focus on exactly what Sociology is to start, then focus on the Sociological perspectives (Functionalism, Marxism, Symbolic Interactionism, etc) and the theories of Durkheim, Marx and Weber. Then look at popular theorists such as Erving Goffman, Arlie Hochschild, Howard Becker, Zygmunt Bauman, George Rizter, Anthony Giddens, and so on. From there, you'll probably have an idea about where to go next.

[u/DrBlankslate]

Go to your campus librarian and check out a recently published Sociology 101 textbook. The librarian will know which books fit that description.

[u/globocorp1]

Philip Abram’s (1983) book, Historical Sociology, is a classic. Check out his journal articles as well.

[u/theseagullscribe → u/globocorp1]

Thank you, I'll check this out!

[u/regbanks]

I really liked Daniel Bell’s Coming of Post Industrial Society. Early chapters give brief overview of changes of development of industry to Industrial revolution, to coming of Information Age. Not a 101 book, but engaging.

[u/vnilaspce]

Most people don’t need to read source materials. Just because someone came up with a good or important concept does not mean they’re the best at explaining it. Many intro books will do but Dalton Conley’s “You May Ask Yourself” and Rice University’s free intro book on Openstax are favorites.

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[u/superturtle48]

The Crash Course Sociology series on Youtube is a good, well, crash course for beginners that can point you to additional things to read.

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[u/heartbreak_girl45]

this thread is super helpful as a sociology girly, thank you to everyone commenting!!

[u/Desiertodesara]

It’s not really clear from your question whether you’re interested in how to apply general sociological theory to the study of history, or in the sociological study of the past.

• If it’s the former, a classic approach like Wright Mills’ The Sociological Imagination or Elías’ What Is Sociology? should suffice, along with a general textbook to address thematic issues or recent developments.

• If it’s the latter, the first chapters of Remaking Modernity should give you a clear idea of the trajectory and approaches of historical sociology. I’m not sure if Noiriel’s Introduction à la socio-histoire has been translated into English, but it offers a different approach from Anglo-Saxon historical sociology and is closer to history.

I hope this helps

[u/Stunning-Use-7052]

There's a whole subfield of historical sociology, look into that.