Obsah: L. Holý, M. Stuchlík: Analysis of Social Stratification; L. Holý: Social Stratification in Rwanda; J. Kandert: Social Stratification of the Zande; O. Skalníková: Social Stratification of the Agni; M. Stuchlík: SocialStratification of the Herero; J. Svobodová: Social Stratification of the Bamileke.

Obsah: L. Holý, M. Stuchlík: Analysis of Social Stratification; L. Holý: Social Stratification in Rwanda; J. Kandert: Social Stratification of the Zande; O. Skalníková: Social Stratification of the Agni; M. Stuchlík: SocialStratification of the Herero; J. Svobodová: Social Stratification of the Bamileke.

Originally published in 1964, this book analyses the unique type of social stratification which is more akin to a social class system in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. Liberia, established in 1847 has no history of rule by a colonial power and is of perculiar sociological interest, having been governed until the first half of the twentieth century by a minority group of immigrants from America and their descendants. The bulk of the population, however, is made up of members of about 20 tribes, between whom and the American descendants a caste-like social system has developed.

Monograph on social stratification in the context of traditional culture in East Africa - covers village social structures and political power elites, implications of modernization for tribal peoples, the political aspects of social mobility, etc., and includes a case study of the traditional buganda kingdom. Bibliography pp. 315 to 326, maps and references.