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Education and Social Stratification in Northern Zambia: The Case of the Uyombe
Author(s) -
Bond George C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1982.13.3.05x0985w
Subject(s) - social stratification , indigenous , stratification (seeds) , wage , wage labour , sociology , socioeconomics , gender studies , economic growth , geography , social science , economics , labour economics , agriculture , ecology , archaeology , seed dormancy , botany , germination , dormancy , biology
This paper explores the relationship between formal western style education and developing patterns of social stratification in a community of northern Zambia. It examines the manner in which a capitalist productive mode has affected indigenous occupational structures transforming millet cultivators into peasants and wage earners.