Turgot instigated a series of reforms that placed a tax on landowners, eased the guild laws so that industrial manufacturing could increase and cut monarchical spending. ... The financial crisis that existed lofted inflation to great heights which although benefited some of the more industrial manufacturers, was a huge burden to the peasantry. 1789 saw over 80 percent of an average peasant's household income going to purchasing bread alone. ... These innovators took the lead in the Revolution, in order to finally profit from it- . ... It could therefore be argued that this class conf...

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He supports his claim by describing the nature of the industrial economy, his two contrasting views, followed by the different status identities. ... Stating the origin of their rise, the Industrial Revolution. ... According to Ewen, industrial production has provided people with many opportunities to better their lives. This new sense of achievement created by the industrial revolution allowed them to believe that they had made it, they achieve the American dream. ... Ewen criticizes the materialistic middle class in his essay "Chosen People" by identifying how the industrial rev...

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The bourgeoisie developed from the old feudal society with the increase of commerce, navigation, and industry that the discovery of America, and the industrial revolution caused. ... Coming out of the feudal age, and into the new industrial age the working man was redefined. ... Eventually they will get tired of their oppression, and then there will be a massive revolution followed by the dictatorship of the proletariat or communism. This revolution will bring about a new classless society. ... One of the consequences of this revolution will be the abolition of private property. ...

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According to Marx, the French Revolution was the most significant instance of this form of bourgeois independence. ... (pg. 484) "We have seen above that the first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class to win the battle of democracy." ... The British proletariats were not interested in Marx's full-scale revolution, but desired a system promoting their needs. This social change introduced laws prohibiting the bourgeoisie from forcing the proletariat class to work in such poor conditions as during the Industrial Revolution. ...

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Birla and Purshottamdas Thakurdas to establish a national level organization of Indian commercial, industrial and financial interests to be able to effectively lobby with the colonial government. ... Kannangara, however, accepts that 'after the end of the First World War the political attitudes of the industrial-commercial magnates underwent a change' and accepts that once they felt secure they contributed to the national movement which justifies their stand and acquits them of the charges of being loyal to the British. ... Sarkar is more acerbically critical of the bourgeoisie int...

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The industrial revolution increased production of good and raised the standards of living. Manchester compares with its industrialization process and contrasts with Costa Rica in the aspects of working conditions, living conditions and class tensions. Manchester's working conditions contrasts to C...

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The entire industrial economy functioned because of the working class, even if they were being exploited. ... This created a situation in which the higher middle class would be richer than their working class counterparts, and therefore very important to the industrial society. ...

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Effi Briest, a novel by Theodor Fontane, is the poignant story of Effi, a young woman whose restricted interactions with society and the moral attitudes of that society are brought into direct and terrible conflict. Fontane gives an all too realistic portrayal of late 19th century morality and the l...

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The British franchise remained unchanged from fifteenth century until the Great Reform Act of 1832. Although it could be argued that this in itself is enough to earn the epithet Great', in recent years historians have been reluctant to ascribe much significance to the Act. The debate on whether or...

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