... term used to describe systematic structures of inequality. In pre-industrial or traditional societies, inequalities and thus social stratification were widely held to be natural. Aristotle stated that 'by nature' there were free men and slaves, yet if inequalities are natural, Crompton suggests there be no need to explain them. The Hindu Caste system, as with the Feudal system ... when the concentration of manufacturing industry and the more transparent structure of the relations of production made the connections between a bourgeoisie and a proletariat more obvious, and both state inter...

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