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  • Formaat: Hardback, 184 pages, kõrgus x laius: 267x178 mm, kaal: 907 g, Not illustrated
  • Ilmumisaeg: 14-Mar-2011
  • Kirjastus: Leuven University Press
  • ISBN-10: 9058678571
  • ISBN-13: 9789058678577
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 184 pages, kõrgus x laius: 267x178 mm, kaal: 907 g, Not illustrated
  • Ilmumisaeg: 14-Mar-2011
  • Kirjastus: Leuven University Press
  • ISBN-10: 9058678571
  • ISBN-13: 9789058678577
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For the sake of comparability, it is advisable not to develop new class schemes but to use old ones. Yet presenting a new class scheme - HISCLASS - is exactly what this book does. Unlike existing historical schemes, HISCLASS is international, created forthe purpose of making comparisons across different periods, countries and languages. Furthermore, it is linked to an international standard classification scheme for occupations - HISCO. The chapters in the book show how historical occupational titles classified in HISCO can form the building blocks of a social class scheme for past populations. The dimensions underlying classes are discussed. How, for instance, can manual work be distinguished from non-manual work? Skilled from non-skilled? And what did'supervision' really mean?

Social class schemes, contemporary as well as historical, are always somewhat mysterious. While the authors of this book do not claim to have solved that mystery completely, they do shed significant light on it. Unlike previous historical schemes, HISCLASS is international, created for the purpose of making comparisons across different periods, countries, and languages. Furthermore, it is linked to an international standard classification scheme for occupations—HISCO.

The chapters in the book show how historical occupational titles classified in HISCO can form the building blocks of a social class scheme for past populations. The dimensions underlying classes are discussed. How, for instance, can manual work be distinguished from nonmanual work? Skilled from nonskilled? And what did "supervision" really mean? A rich source of detailed occupational information is used to measure those dimensions. The result is an instrument that can be used to systematically compare social class positions, distilled from a dazzling variety of occupational titles, around the world and over a range of periods.



A reference work that can be used to systematically compare social class positions, distilled from a dazzling variety of occupational titles, around the world and over a range of periods.

Arvustused

Notwithstanding these observations, HISCLASS is an important tool that will make a significant contribution to historical stratification and mobility research in the fields of social and economic history, historical sociology, and historical demography. The book's documentation of HISCLASS' construction, which permits identification of the scheme's weaknesses and strengths, together with the actual experiences of HISCLASS users, may well lead to the improvement of this research tool in the future. Peter Tammes, The Netherlands, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, XLIII:3 (Winter 2013)

List of tables
7(2)
Preface 9(2)
1 Occupations, Class and Rank in Past Societies
11(18)
1.1 Introduction
11(1)
1.2 Occupations and their classification in HISCO
12(2)
1.3 Constructing the class scheme
14(2)
1.4 Dimensions of social class
16(10)
1.5 Conclusion
26(3)
2 Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT)
29(8)
2.1 Introduction
29(1)
2.2 The nature of DOT
29(1)
2.3 The content of DOT
30(5)
2.4 Conclusion
35(2)
3 From HISCO to DOT
37(10)
3.1 Introduction
37(1)
3.2 Linking HISCO to DOT
37(8)
3.3 Conclusion
45(2)
4 From DOT to a Social Class Scheme for Past Populations
47(14)
4.1 Introduction
47(1)
4.2 Manual and non-manual
47(2)
4.3 Skill levels
49(3)
4.4 Supervision
52(1)
4.5 Economic sector
53(2)
4.6 From class dimensions to HISCLASS
55(1)
4.7 The use of the HISCO variables Status and Relation
55(5)
4.8 Conclusion
60(1)
5 Validation
61(16)
5.1 Introduction
61(1)
5.2 Expert judgement
61(1)
5.3 Results of the expert validation
62(12)
5.4 Consequences of the results of the validation for HISCLASS
74(1)
5.5 Conclusion
75(2)
6 Conclusion
77(2)
Bibliography
79(4)
Appendices
83
Appendix 4.1 Exceptions to the general rules with respect to the manual / non-manual distinction
85(3)
Appendix 4.2 Exceptions to the general rules with respect to skill levels
88(2)
Appendix 4.3 Exceptions to the general rules with respect to supervision
90(2)
Appendix 5.1 Instructions for validation by the experts
92(1)
Appendix 5.2 The two test files for the expert validation (first 10 of 299 occupational groups)
93(2)
Appendix 5.3 Overview of experts' placement of occupational groups into classes, compared with the placement using DOT
95(11)
Appendix 5.4 Overview of experts' scoring of occupational groups on class dimensions
106(13)
Appendix 5.5 Changes made based on the expert validation
119(12)
Appendix 5.6 Crosswalk HISCO - HISCLASS
131
Marco H.D. van Leeuwen is Professor of Historical Sociology at the Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University, and Honorary Research Fellow of the International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam. Ineke Maas is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Department of Sociology/ICS, Utrecht University.