Date of Award

4-1-1972

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Sociology and Anthropology

First Advisor

Dr. George W. Barger

Second Advisor

Dr. Sybil Better

Third Advisor

Dr. Eugene Freund

Abstract

The threefold purpose of this chapter is: (1) to briefly discuss the history of scholarly thought on the subject of social inequality, (2) to make a distinction between social differentiation and social stratification, and (3) within the context of the two former objectives to introduce the subject of status crystallization.

Comments

A Thesis Presented to the Department of Sociology and the Faculty of the College of Graduate Studies University of Nebraska at Omaha In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts. Copyright James T. Maguire April, 1972

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