At Sixes and Sevens
Occupational Status in the City of London from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5250888 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael C Burrage, David J Corry, David Corry |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 375 |
| Publication date | 1981-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2095259 |
| OpenAlex | W2332958613 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 2 |
The orders of precedence issued by the City of London between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries provide a measure of occupational status that has several advantages over modern prestige scales. A selection of the forty orders located shows dramatic changes in the status of occupations over this period, as do the records and chronicles of individual companies. Correlation coefficients suggest that both antiquity and wealth are important determinants of status, but the histories of the city companies suggest that organizational or political factors are also important. The investigation is not simply of historical curiosity; it suggests an alternative strategy for the study of occupational prestige in contemporary societies
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Historical Studies of Social Mobility and Stratification
Merchant Taylors of London’s shift to business English
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Current bibliography of urban history
Current bibliography of urban history
Long-term social mobility
Concepts and Measurement of Prestige
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1983 - 2018 (36) |
| Highly cited | No |