Further Reading

The links in this section are to pages with further material on some of the topics discussed in the text.

Sociology Central
An excellent site full of useful material for students of society.
http://www.sociology.org.uk/index.htm

Socioweb
A guide to online sources for students of society.
http://www.socioweb.com/

Invitation to Sociology
You can read an outline of the main ideas in Peter Berger’s Invitation to Sociology at this website: http://www.angelfire.com/or/sociologyshop/ITSOUT.html

C. Wright Mills Room
This site has an interesting discussion of Mills’ notions of private troubles and public issues:
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/wright_mills.htm

In part two we referred to the controversy over the book The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism written by Professor J. Michael Bailey. Here are the links for those of you who would like to read more about it.

The Man Who Would be Queen: Bigotry as "science"
http://www.tsroadmap.com/info/man-who-would-be-queen.html

An investigation into the publication of J. Michael Bailey's book on transsexualism
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/LynnsReviewOfBaileysBook.html

Michael Bailey Book Controversy Question & Answer
http://www.psych.northwestern.edu/psych/people/faculty/bailey/controversy.htm