behavior of specific individuals. One can think of the sociological perspective as one's own personal choice and how society plays a role in shaping individuals' lives. See also Imaginary (sociology) Sociological theory References Sociological-Imagination.ORG. Retrieved 23 February 2012. C. Wright Mills, "The Sociological Imagination". From Lemert Further reading Mills, C. W.: 1959, The Sociological Imagination, Oxford University Press, London. Michael Hughes, Carolyn J. Kroehler, James W. Vander Zanden. 'Sociology: The Core', McGraw-Hill, Online chapter summary Judith Bessant and Rob Watts, 'Sociology Australia' (2nd ed), Allen & Unwin, 2001. Laurie Gordy and Alexandria Peary, 'Bringing Creativity into the Classroom: Using Sociology to Write First-Person Fiction.' Teaching Sociology. Vol. 33, 2005 (October: 396–402). Ray Jureidini and Marilyn Poole, 'Sociology' (3rd ed), Allen & Unwin 2002. Joel Charon, 'Ten Questions: A Sociological Perspective', Fourth Edition. Wadsworth, 2000. Earl Babbie, 'The Practice of Social Research', 10th edition, Wadsworth, Thomson Learning Inc., The Sociological Perspective: University of Missouri Giddens, Anthony. "Sociological Imagination." Introduction to Sociology . 1996. Karl Bakeman. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1996. Print. Jon Frauley. 2010. Criminology, Deviance and the Silver Screen: The Fictional Reality and the Criminological Imagination. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Jon Frauley (ed). 2015. C. Wright Mills and the Criminological Imagination. Farnham, UK: Ashgate Publishing. External links A Mills Revival? by S. Aronowitz Contemporary Analysis of C. Wright Mills On Intellectual Craftsmanship from Sociological Imagination (pdf mirror) https://archive.today/20140207205636/https://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/EWS375/The%20Sociological%20Imagination.htm Sociological Imagination in life events Sociology, 10/e (out of print) Sociological terminology