Contents
Introduction
Part I - Social Pluralism
1. Pluralism and Stratification
2. Social Stratification in the Caribbean
3. Stratification in Plural Societies: Focus on White Settler Societies in Africa
4. Melanesian Mosaic: The Plural Community of Vila
Part II - Historical Perspectives
5. Recruitment of Elites in India Under British Rule
6. Evolution and Revolution: Two Types of Change in China's System of Social Stratification
7. Continuities in Japanese Social Stratification
8. The Politics of Marriage in Changing Middle Eastern Stratification Systems
9. Stratification in Italian Communities: A Regional Contrast
10. Stratification in Africa
11. Tradition and Modernity Reconsidered
Index
Biographical Notes