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An 8 page research paper includes 2 essays of 4 pages each. The first offer a history of social stratification and the second describes the contributions of Marx and Weber to understanding this topic. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of civilization. For example, during the fifteenth century, the Chinese merchant class was rapidly gaining both political power and wealth, as Chinas impressive ships, which were both larger and more
sophisticated than their European counterparts a century later, were already sailing throughout the globe, establishing profitable trade routes and commerce (Kerbo, 2009). However, their rapidly rising status caused the
feudal elites who controlled the government, the mandarin class, to view them as a threat. When a new emperor who had less sympathy for the merchants ascended the throne in
1424, the conflict came to a head, with the imperial elites emerging as the victors, as the new emperor order China closed off from the outside world (Kerbo, 2009). Chinas
tremendous navy of merchant vessels was either destroyed or confined to harbor and allowed to rot. Furthermore, all commerce was forbidden and the Chinese people were not allowed to travel
outside the country (Kerbo, 2009). The official position was that everything in the world worth knowing or visiting existed within China. The status of the new merchant class quickly dissipated,
and China fell into a "time warp," in which the society remained static, which allowed Europeans to not only catch up to their achievements in science and technology, but also
surpass them (Kerbo, 2009, p. 52). As this indicates, issues of power, status and economics have tremendous influenced the ways in which societies are stratified. The history of social
stratification begins with that point in human development when the division of labor began to occur and it was no longer necessary for entire populations to work in the fields
in order to have a sufficient food supply. This development freed some of the populace to other activities; such was the arts, science, or religion. Advancements, however, came at a
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