As a novice in the field the author was probably insufficiently aware of the pitfalls associated with such an effort. However, he received his initial guidance and inspiration from the studies of J.C. Mitchell and A.L. Epstein. See "Power and Prestige among Africans in Northern Rhodesia", Proceedings and Transactions of the Rhodesian Scientific Association , 1957, Vol. XLV, pp. 13-26,
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and "Occupational Prestige and Social Status among Urban Africans in Northern Rhodesia", Africa, Vol. XXIX, No. I (Jan. 1959), pp. 22-40.
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He is also familiar with the standard work of R. Bendix and S. M. Lipset (eds.), Class, Status and Power: a Reader in Social Stratification , London, 1954;
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and Edward A. Tiryakian's"The Prestige Evaluation of Occupations in an Underdeveloped Country: the Philippines", The American Journal of Sociology , 1957-8, Vol. LXIII, pp. 390-9.
