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13th Edition
ISBN: 9781260154351
Author: Schaefer, Richard
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Higher Education (us)
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Chapter 8, Problem 1TC
Summary Introduction

To discuss: The differences and similarities between slavery and caste system.

Stratification:

The structured ranking of the whole group of people that continues the unequal economic rewards and powers in a society is known as stratification.

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Slavery and the caste system are the systems of social stratification, there are various forms of the system that dominates the society. The major similarity between these systems are that they are from a religious basis though slavery was from the economic exploitation, later it was utilized in the religious justification.

The main difference between the caste and the slavery system is that there was a severe inequality in the gender.

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