stratification
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From the 1880s into the 1910s, technological disruption, economic stratification, and anxiety over immigration, trade and national identity fractured party coalitions and fostered unexpected alliances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The religion is "the essence of social stratification", marapu priest Umbu Remi Deta told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
In the 1970s, she observed a stratification between groups of chimpanzees at a national park in Tanzania, with increasing aggression as males screeched and threw objects.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
The idea was to investigate whether architectural differences in the platforms would signify if there were social or economic stratification within the community.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
Jomon villages and cemeteries do not consist of a few richly decorated houses and graves contrasting with numerous spartan ones but are instead rather uniform—suggesting that there was little social stratification into chiefs and commoners.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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