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999			_c194810 _d194810
020			_a0138186596
040			_cCUS
082	0	0	_a305 _bTUM/S
100	1		_aTumin, Melvin M. _921995
245	1	0	_aSocial stratification : the forms and functions of inequality / _cMelvin M. Tumin.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aEnglewood Cliffs, N.J. _bPrentice-Hall, _cc1985.
300			_ax, 166 p. _c23 cm.
440		0	_aPrentice-Hall foundations of modern sociology series _914249
504			_aIncludes bibliographies and index.
505			_aSocial stratification: five basic characteristics -- Historical and contemporary thought and theory -- How societies generate stratification: differentiation and ranking of statuses -- How societies generate stratification: assessing the social importance of statuses -- How societies generate stratification: differential rewarding of statuses -- Basic elements and processes: variations in systems of stratification -- Property: concepts, measurements, and problems -- Prestige and honor: concepts, measurements, and problems -- Power: concepts, measurements, and problems -- The depth of inequality in property, prestige, power, and education -- The span of consequences: life chances and institutional patterns -- The span of consequences: life styles and beliefs, ideologies, and attitudes -- The shape of stratification systems: from aggregates to classes -- Socioeconomic mobility: concepts, measures, trends -- Some theoretical problems.
650		0	_aSocial classes. _95476
650		0	_aSocial stratification. _914163
650		0	_aEquality. _95178
942			_cWB16 _02