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    The British working class, in the first half of the nineteenth century, was a class of people who went through the birthing pains of the Industrial Revolution. It was upon their shoulders that the upper and middle classes of British society increased their fortunes, but it was not without cost. There is a sample of an original letter by an unknown author provided by E. Hobsbawm and G. Rude in “Captain Swing” that denounces the “Parm Justases” (taken by this writer to mean Parliamentary Justices)

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    g ------------------------------------------------- WORKING CLASS HERO: It’s something to be “Working Class Hero” is a song made for the class split back in the 1940’s and 1950’s. The song is written by John Lennon, who was one of the singers in the old and legendary band, The Beatles, with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. He recorded the song between the 26th of September and the 6th of October; the song was though first released in 1971 in the United States and in UK in 1975

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    Battle of the Working Class” The socialist working class has been the core structure that got Britain through every economic and social challenge that they were involved in. During George Orwell’s time in Britain, he wrote that the “overwhelming strength of patriotism, national loyalty” the English had was more powerful even if it was compared to any religion or political theory and more likely seen in class divided areas like cheap public schools with more power than the hate for class separation

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    In America, sports are viewed as a proud American tradition. Football is a collective celebration of American excess and capitalism. However, according to Andrew Moore’s article, “Opera of the Proletariat: Rugby League, the Labour Movement and Working-Class Culture in New South Wales and Queensland”, across the ocean in Australia, there is a strong connection between the creation of the Australian Rugby League and the Australian Labor Movement. This paper will analyze Moore’s claims and determine

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    Condition of the Working Class in England, 36]. In the above quotation, German philosopher, Friedrich Engels, shows his readers how poor the living conditions were in industrial towns such as London and Manchester. His goal was to showcase how the effects of the Industrial Revolution had made the working class worse off in comparison to their previous condition in agrarian society. In his nonfiction work, he highlights several of the same and also differing points concerning the working class as Elizabeth

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    Melville’s short story, “Bartleby, the Scrivener” was written in the mid-nineteenth century, during a time when economic revolutions swept across Europe and class riots erupted in New York. Inspired by this environment, Melville depicts the working class as laborers struggling to survive the game of life and achieve their goals. The working class possesses a very hectic and repetitive life that often leads to unhappiness. This is demonstrated in the office where Bartleby and his coworkers, Turkey, Nippers

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    The Industrial Revolution allowed the middle class to prosper while concurrently, negatively impacting the working class. The working class experienced intolerable working conditions.. The workers didnt demand regulations for their safety and fair working hours out of despair and therefore, working hours were 10-14 hours a day. Not only did the workers endure long hours but they also were highly mistreated. Every factor had risk of injury for the workers, The process of purifying iron required

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    “Out of this Furnace” is a generational novel of the characters Kracha, Mike, Mary, and Dobie, coming to America expecting to receive the American Dream and have a better life to soon return back home with riches. However, immigrants and many working class individuals undergo long hours and strenuous work, with minimal amount of pay. Not to mention, the living conditions were horrendous for the average person and particularly worse for arriving immigrants. There was a division between the classes

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    communist manifesto was to help the struggling working class having a say in life instead of the rich, wealthy people. This story has a theme and that would be achievement or justice for the lower working class. The lower working class does get a say in the politics because they don’t have enough money to have a say in it. In this time the people with more money was in politics and lead the government in these types of things. Justice for the lower working class to have a say in the government

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    decrease on the workers’ wages. This decrease was introduced by the Anti-Corn laws manufacturers. As a consequence, England observed a widespread on Chartist activity. Chartists belonged to an important working class movement called Chartism. Chartists wanted to get some recognition for the working class. They presented to parliament a petition divided into six points. They aimed to pass them. However, they met radical oppositions. Indeed, this year marked the second presentation of the petition to parliament

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