Class, Status, and Power: A Reader in Social Stratification

activity American analysis areas associations attitudes authority become cent century compared corporations course differentiation direct economic effect estates example existence expected fact factors farm function given hand higher important income increase indicate individual industry influence interest labor land less living lower major manual means membership middle class mobility movement nature objective occupational officers organization parties pattern peasants period persons political population position possible present prestige problem production professional proportion question rank rates reference relations relatively represented respect result ruling sense significant similar situation skilled social society status stratification structure success Table tion union United upper workers York