A STUDY OF SOCIAL STRATIFICATION WITH REFERENCE TO SOCIAL CLASS BARRIERS AND SOCIAL CLASS RIGIDITY


by
William Cecil Headrick

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at New York State University.

December 1, 1941.



Summary of Contents:

	Preface	ix
I.	AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE CLASS AND SOCIAL CLASS	1
II.	AN ANALYSIS OF CASTE AND SOCIAL DISTANCE	67
III.	WIDESPREAD SOCIAL CLASS RIGIDITY	91
IV.	MECHANISMS TENDING TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL CLASS RIGIDITY	115
V.	SOCIAL CLASS RIGIDITIES IN GREECE AND THE ROMAN REPUBLIC	157
VI.	CLASS RIGIDITIES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE	183
VII.	CONQUEST AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN GAUL AND EARLY FRANCE	207
VIII.	SOCIAL CLASS RIGIDITIES IN THE PERIOD FROM FEUDALISM TO INDUSTRIALISM	230
IX.	THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND SOCIAL CLASS	273
X.	THE AMERICAN DREAM	296
XI.	SOCIAL CLASS RIGIDITIES IN COLONIAL AMERICA	316
XII.	THE WESTWARD MOVEMENT	358
XIII.	HYPOTHESES, THEORIES, AND STATISTICS ON SOCIAL MOBILITY	392
XIV.	HEREDITY AND SOCIAL STATUS	451
XV.	THE MIDDLE CLASS	479
XVI.	SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION	516
	BIBLIOGRAPHY	520
	APPENDIX I: THE DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTIES IN NORTH IRELAND	534
	APPENDIX II: SOCIAL FACTOR IN THE RISE OF BLACKS	541
	APPENDIX III: CASE HISTORIES: VIRGINIA, IOWA, OHIO	594
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In Memory of

William Cecil Headrick (1904 - 1995)




Photo of Cecil (right), ca. 1940.