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A group of people who live in a definable community and share the same culture

Societies that existed before industrialization and relied on local resources

Nomadic groups that rely on wild animals and plants for survival

Indigenous people in Australia who practice hunter-gatherer lifestyles

Hunter-gatherer group living in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Nomadic groups that domesticate animals for food and trade, like the Maasai

Pastoral society in East Africa known for herding cattle

Societies that grow crops in areas with good rainfall and settle permanently

Societies formed around 3000 BCE, relying on permanent tools for farming

Medieval societies based on a strict hierarchy of lords and vassals, focused on land ownership

Societies that emerged in the 18th century, characterized by mechanized production

Modern societies that rely on information and service industries rather than manufacturing

Sociologist who developed theories on social solidarity, mechanical and organic solidarity

Durkheim’s concept where preindustrial societies are held together by shared beliefs

Durkheim’s idea of social order in industrial societies, based on specialized roles

Sociologist focused on class conflict and alienation in industrial societies

Owners of the means of production in capitalist societies

The working class in capitalist societies, according to Marx

Marx’s term for workers feeling disconnected from their labor and selves in a capitalist system

Sociologist who introduced ideas of rationalization and bureaucracy in modern societies

Weber’s concept of individuals being trapped by institutionalized efficiency and bureaucracy

Weber’s theory explaining how Protestant values influenced the development of capitalism

Sociologist who classified societies by their level of technological sophistication

Co-author of the theory of social construction of reality

Co-author of the theory of social construction of reality

The process by which society is created by humans through habitual interaction

Patterns of behavior associated with a person’s social status

A person’s rank or position in society, influencing their roles and responsibilities

The tension that arises when one person faces competing demands from different roles

A prediction that causes itself to become true due to the belief in its occurrence

An example of how societal norms shape individual behavior, featured in Chapter 4

Compared in Chapter 4 to show differences between industrial societies

City in England that expanded during the Industrial Revolution

The approximate date when agricultural societies developed