Ewen's purpose is to inform the reader of the materialistic rise in the American modern middle class. ... 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 revolution initiated this new norm in the ...

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Their view was that any industrial state could do this within their own country. ... At the time Marx was alive the industrial revolution was in full swing. ... He saw how the industrial revolution polarized society into two main classes: the bourgeoisie (middle/upper class) and proletariat (poor/labor class). ... The industrial revolution is a prime example of this. ... For example, a Caucasian and a Latino field worker would be considered in the same class but being Caucasian gives one a higher status in America than a person of color. ...

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Is America really a country of equal opportunity for everyone? ... The American Dream is believed to be blind to race, sex, or socio-economic status and at a first glance, seems to be almost Utopian. ... Marx thought that this unequal division of wealth would sooner or later lead to a class revolution. While Marx's theory about class revolution has failed, the essential problem still exists. ... Paragraph #6: Conclusion Distribution of wealth in America has been uneven since the industrial revolution. ...

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With the discovery of America and the following expansion of economic markets, a new manufacturing class arises. ... According to Marx, the French Revolution was the most significant instance of this form of bourgeois independence. ... 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. ... In America capitalism was based on a laissez-faire economic system...

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Dating back to the industrial revolution through to the "Thatcherite" years of the mid-eighties the north has been seen as predominately working class. This is because it is the industrial center of Britain and therefore attracted unskilled poorly educated workers which then formed into close communities eventually becoming big industrial cities that are now the established north Films depicting events in the north naturally show working class communities dealing with working class issues. ... There is also an argument that the gritty-realist films in the north are a type of heritage films ...

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Only for a very short time could people, think of refashioning the foundations of Marx's theory under the influence of the 'industrial boom' and prosperity. ... At the turn of the century, the world found itself gripped with horror of anarchist terrorism and revolution. America passed an act in 1902 banning the entrance into the country of those declaring them anarchists. ... The leaders of the Russian Revolution of 1917 were disinterested in anarchism and brushed aside most of its ideas. From Italy to America to Japan, anarchist groups and movements crushed; individuals imp...

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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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The need for better individual and human rights are often the initial trigger for change or revolution. ... Attempts to start a revolution within the working class began by reformed socialists such as George Sorel. ... The government controlled the production industry, causing overproduction of industrial goods and overemphasis on meeting production figures. ... The Americanization of Europe began, causing the implementation of more American values and morals into European culture. ... Without intervention from the government, the rift within societies will continue to grow, eventually causing...

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"Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. ... Marxist, the name of his theory, was established during the Industrial Revolution of the mid-19th century. ... Bowles and Gintis (1976), American sociologists, proposed correspondence theory, implies that educational inequality epitomize the inequality of wider society. ...

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Leonardo DiCaprio, who portrays a young American artist named Jack, plays the male lead. ... First, the movie shows the period of time when immigration into America was extremely high. In the movie, Jack wins a one-way ticket with all intention of staying in America. ... Secondly, aboard the Titanic, there was strict separation between social classes, similar to the way American society at the time was. ... Inventions and patents were revolutionizing the world we lived in, and the Titanic served as a metaphor for the industrial revolution that was taking place. ...

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Bowles and Gintis in "Schooling in Capitalist America" (1976, p. 110), reject the view that we all compete on equal terms and claim that the children of the wealthy and powerful tend to obtain highly rewarding jobs, irrespective of their abilities. ... It has its roots in the humanism of the 18th century and in the industrial revolution. ...

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