{"first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Presenting a history of sociological theory is an important task (S. Turner, 1998), but because we devote only two chapters (1 and 2) to it, what we offer is a highly selective historical sketch (Giddens, 1995)."}, "physical_format": "Paperback", "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-30 09:38:13.731961"}, "weight": "1.8 pounds", "languages": [{"key": "/l/eng"}], "publishers": ["McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages"], "number_of_pages": 696, "isbn_13": ["9780073404103"], "id": 12513184, "edition_name": "7 edition", "isbn_10": ["0073404101"], "publish_date": "June 27, 2007", "key": "/b/OL9262488M", "authors": [{"key": "/a/OL27181A"}], "title": "Modern Sociological Theory", "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "subjects": ["Social theory", "Social Science", "Sociology", "Sociology - Social Theory", "Social Science / Sociology / General", "Sociology - General"], "physical_dimensions": "9 x 6.7 x 0.9 inches", "revision": 1}