Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Social Stratification, Feudalism, Social Order
10 Apr 2020
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Sociology 1020 - week 9 : reading notes. Someone (because of physical strength or cunning) was able to hoard desirable goods and accumulate more status. Facilitates the creation of wealth for the slave owners and creates a divide between humans living in same area. Accumulation and sale of desired goods making them higher" than others. Social order based on agriculture in which those who own land are entitled to receive the products of labourers, or serfs, who are legally obligated to work for the landlord. Between 1820 and 1950 average incomes in western europe increased four times. Us and canada were similar to western europe until around 1870 when both countries began to become rich faster. Figures state that per capita income average is 000 per person, meaning that a family of four would have in income around 000. This would place you in the top 10%.
