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    industrial middle class creating a veneer of cultural consensus, but also the roots of class conflict. (Class notes) The emergence of the middle class aspired to minimize crime and violence and desired a comprehensive system of law and order. Prior to the emergence of the middle class, specifically throughout the early modern world in Britain there lied an immense gap between the upper and the working classes of society. The division enabled the upper classes to oppress the working class to maintain

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    When people introduce themselves, they first talk about their identities because people’s identities determine what kind of people they are. For me, I am an Asian, I am a female, and I am a member of the middle class. Although people sometimes share categories of identity, their perceptions of their identities are formed in different ways. My life and education have shaped my understanding of my identities which, at same time, influences the way I perceive my life and education.    My race as Asian

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    Rules of the Middle Class Growing up under a middle class household I was able to experience some of the rules that come along with the class. Each class and rule come with lifestyles that will affect your each and every day. The rules of the middle class can affect our future from talking to our kids about college, to decorating the house as a youngster, and even repairing items in the house right as they break or knowing someone who can fix the problem right away. College, a great opportunity

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    reform was mounted by an alliance that brought together wealthy industrialists and other members of the upper class, but moved beyond to well-educated members of the middle class, as well as middle class voters. Reformers aimed to break down the political organization that thrived on immigrant votes and claimed to break down the corrupt government that thrived on the public’s purse. Concerns about political corruption were closely connected to the rising fear of immigrants notably, the “Great Unwashed”

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    More than half of us are along the middle class spectrum and this creates an issue on whether or not we’d benefit from raising taxes. Everyone is concerned with fixing the income inequality and gaining more wealth, however, this can be easily resolved by focusing on mobilizing the economy as a whole by raising the tax fairness. I believe that if the focus were mainly on raising taxes, it would allow for some stress and worry to be lifted off of the middle class and those in poverty. As a result,

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    impact of the Victorian Middle Class (VMC). One of the major topics was its influence on prizefighting, and how the culture and values of the Victorian Middle Class influenced its growth from a lowest of the low sport to a sporting spectacle viewed by all. The Victorian Middle Class culture’s influence on the transformation of prizefighting was due to a large number of ideas, especially its strict values, the sporting fraternity, along with the Civil War. The Victorian Middle Class culture was filled

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    change of American lifestyle, there were repeated technological innovations. Successful mass productions of goods accelerated buying activities, which promoted the economic development in the United States. This was the beginning of expansion of the middle class; some people get enough money to succeed in having a happy life in the United States with family. However, when the status of family in a community was considered, proper management of money was necessary to keep their lives. Handful choices of

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    Article Analysis and Evaluation “Middle Class Series: The American Middle Class, Income Inequality and The Strength of Our Economy” by (Boushey & Hersh, 2012). I chose this article because the premise behind it is that the middle class is essentially responsible for the economic growth and development in America. This article groups society into classes to look at the contributions of each class to the growth of the economy by using some of the major economic indicators such as the real GDP.

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    The American Middle Class Essay

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    The American Middle Class When we as human beings are born into this world, there are things that we have control over, and other things that we have no say in. We control what we do with our lives, what schools to attend, what activities to be a part of, and who we marry, for example. This seems to be quite fair, and for the most part, we take it for granted. While we do have these kinds of freedoms, there are other aspects of life that we have no control over. One thing that we are born into

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    In Edward McClelland’s essay “RIP, the Middle Class: 1946-2013,” McClelland discusses to his audience that the middle class is slowly vanishing and soon enough we will only be left with the rich and the poor. Throughout the essay, McClelland uses various examples to demonstrate how the middle class will no longer exist. McClelland talks about how education is vital for pursuing a job at a reasonable pay that a person can live off of. Before, people were able to leave high school and go straight into

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