Title: Social Class Prejudice | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: Social Class Prejudice
Social Class Prejudice
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Social Class Prejudice
Social class
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capitalism:
industrialization:
social class:
social status:
social mobility:
The appearance of social classes
Social class theory
Social status
Social Class Bias and the Founding Fathers
Social class prejudice
Indian caste system
Persistence of caste prejudice
A custom of prejudice
Social Classes in the United States
Legislation of social class prejudice
Social class in the late twentieth century
Social classes of Western societies
Upper classes
Middle classes
Life within a Social Class
Working class
Perpetuating social class
Social class in the twenty-first century
Globalization in the twenty-first century
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Content: In societies of industrially undeveloped countries clans and other types of social groups that were based on an individual social ranking formed the basis for people to have social status, either high or low. Their economies remained based on agriculture. Royal clans ranked at the top of these societies. Social status of an individual in the twenty-first century was established in various ways: at birth based on family relations and wealth; through education at an elite school; attaining a respected occupation, such as a lawyer or business executive; personal accomplishments; holding important offices; or through marriage into a higher social status group.