Also, the way Upton Sinclair narrates The Jungle, including a protagonist, a setting, and a plot, rather than simply giving out facts about the meat packing industry, supports the validity of the statement that Sinclair's main purpose for writing the book was not only to uncover the secrets of meat packing. ... Perhaps Sinclair went too deep into detail considering he was turned down by several publishers simply because the novel was too shocking so Sinclair published the book himself. In any case, Sinclair does a superb job of displaying to Americans a novel with an excellent plot th...

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Laborers had to stay in these harsh factory jobs because they couldn't move up in social class and would be left to starve and face debt without the small wages they did earn. ... Karl Marx identifies how workers have to stay in these cruel jobs in order to give to their families. ... A fictional account from Charles Dicken's book, Hard Times, written in 1854 and based off of the social and economic pressures of the time describes the red of town bricks being smothered by thick grey smoke and ash, resembling the painted face of a savage (Document 1). ... Workers went home to the same...

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In his book, Ain't No Makin' It, Jay MacLeod tells how a group of poor students in a particular school were able to relate to a teacher (Jimmy Sullivan) who spoke their "language."" " It was cool, cuz like you walk in there you talk to Jimmy, and you know Jimmy's real cool, - said one of his students. ... In their book, Social Foundations of Educational Decisions, Fischer and Thomas state that distinctive things about a subculture (including language and behavior) have a definite influence on a child's learning style (26-27) and that "informal education- "which occurs...

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Gabriel Kolko restates Progressivism by saying that it is conservatism in his book "The Triumph of Conservatism.... The African American women would try to obtain jobs for their husbands, brothers, and sons. While, the white women wanted to obtain jobs from their husbands, brothers, and sons. ...

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Hilton Frean's book "The Social Order", is again representative of the values inherent within this particular family. In the novel, it is clear that the book is critical of the social order of the capitalist system, but it is hypercritical of Hilton to suggest ideas such as these when employed as a pillar of the current social system. ... Her father's job as a stockbroker is affirmative of the Victorian and modern capitalist system and especially the free market that he describes as " pure mathematics the higher mathematics of the game. ...

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The occupations of the people in the middle class are largely varied, but are basically occupations which require intellectual thought, and are therefore non-manual jobs. ... also something in edgar book Conclusion status attribute - people can be grouped together because they share a number of valued attributes which Weber (1978) suggested represented social inequalities. ...

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"The poor you shall ever have with you". St Mark's Gospel (Chapter 14, verse 7). In addressing the issue of class inequality in modern society the following essay discusses the patterns and consequences of poverty within the UK and the USA. Poverty has always existed in societies whether affluent or not, whether technologically advanced or not, and whether modern or not. Class status affects individuals objectively, namely education, health and lifestyle; and subjectively, namely self-image and its perpetration. ...

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There is a misrepresentation of what diversity means and its implication on the Public Education in the United States. United States public schools have become a battleground for contending educational and social philosophies. Some school rejects the emerging multicultural curriculum while others argues for greater recognition of the diverse cultures that are increasingly represented in our rapidly expanding population; specially Hispanics. Despite the facts that some public schools served all students (not students let behind Act), Mexican American children during the first four decades of ...

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A major reason for the rise in economy of China had to do with the ownership, "The reforms also gave greater room for private ownership of production, and these privately held businesses created jobs, developed much-wanted consumer products, earned important hard currency through foreign trade, paid state taxes, and gave the national economy a flexibility and resiliency that it did not have before," (Khan and Hu). ... A majority of the middle class would like to see political reform to be similar to western standards, however the people are satisfied with the socialist rule due to...

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From the late 1980s, research on gender, crime and social issues, has hugely focused on the study of masculinity, and how there has become a correlation between masculinity and violence. Feminists have researched extensively on all types associated with gender, including gay and lesbian, thus acting...

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There are many definitions of what exactly makes up the state, Ralph Miliband in his book, "The State in Capitalist Society" defines the state as consisting of the following institutions: Parliamentary assemblies local government police military judiciary civil service (bureaucracy) cabinet - leading politicians Most scholars and politicians would agree with this definition of the state although some might also add institutions such as the education system and sections of the media in certain countries, such as the BBC in Britain. ... In the past it could be said that the sate...

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Introduction The liberals interpret and fundamentally believe that change must be devoid of any conflict to avoid disrupting the processes in society while the radicals believe otherwise and categorically state that change must be revolutionary especially that conflict is inherent in most capitalist setups in which the class is divided by social formation of the society. Change is concept of development and relates to complete or partial transformation of the society. The liberals and radicals both agree that change in the society and its political life ought to change but only disagree on th...

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