They also demonstrate that, consistent with Max Weber's class-status distinction, cultural consumption, as a key element of lifestyle, is stratified primarily on the basis of social status rather than ...

The division of the population into distinct social classes varied across different city-states, kingdoms and polities in ...

The special status of the king was also expressed in other ways: the king wore a crown, the king had a special titulary. However, is this a reflection of social class, or is kingship entirely within ...

New research from the University of Kent, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, reveals that by age 30, only 10% of men and women from top backgrounds – such as the children of doctors, lawyers, and ...

When animals rise in social status, their testosterone levels increase ... Even so, once an elite class emerges in complex societies based on differential access to resources, many of the ...