Bourgeoisie

“German” history is a history of a dominant culture stretching back as far as the Franks. By looking at Germany’s historical roots, one can see how the implementation of the Sonderweg presents a theory about how Germany developed from a feudal society to a modern one using a “third way” to achieve its present state. By looking at how historians and scholars understand the Sonderweg thesis, one can make analytical argument that the Sonderweg led to National Socialism as well as did not lead to…

‘Two nations […] who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different good, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws’ illustrates the rich and the poor in Disraeli’s Sybil. Hugh McLeod states that class hierarchy is important in the Victorian Era, generally recognized status-groups being the ‘working class, middle class and gentry – each with some degree of common identity and limited mobility from one to another’. Although some may claim that Charles…

Every country around the world has economic inequality within it. The income inequality encountered in the United States in ranked sixty four in the world. The economic inequality divided in the United States has a major impact on three factors: social class, education and power amongst the citizens. The economic inequality seen in “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler reflects on how separation between poor, middle and rich class lead to a dystopian future. “Inequality for all” examines how…

Friedrich Engels wrote The Condition of the Working Class to express his view of how the middle class pictured workers in 19th century England. He argued that while industry and commerce was abundant and thriving, he realized industrialists fed on the association of the accumulation of wealth and the dwindling of wealth. When discussed upon the standard accepted definition of economic strength, it suggested Engels was fabricating his personal accounts with the concept of societal separation. The…

Sociology is defined as the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society. Today, countless movies have been created that strongly depicts how sociology is seen in society. One such movie that clearly illustrates sociological perspectives is Erin Brockovich. This movie was based on a true story that describes one woman’s will to fight for the injustice brought to the common people of Hinkley, California. Erin Brockovich was an uneducated jobless mother of three young…

Two american families is a sociopolitical documentary hosted by Bill moyers following the lives of two families, one black and one white, living Milwaukee. This film starts following the lives of the Neumans and the stanleys in 1992 and follows their struggles, hopes, growth and change until 2013. Trials faced by these two families and the ways they continue to live their lives show multiple connections to the textbook for our class. Aspects from our text that this film highlights are the…

Colonial Social Class The first interesting topic I found on the website was about colonial social classes it went into detail about each social class within in that area, and about what each social class was entitled too. For instance, enslaved field hands such as field workers worked Monday through Saturday from sun up to sun down. These field hands mostly worked in the tobacco or cotton fields and they only had Sundays off for themselves. This form of labor was considered the most back…

Economic stratification refers to the condition within a society where the upper, middle, and lower social classes are separated along economic lines. A good example of this would be what many people buy in abundance. Clothes. When walking into a public school, you are able to perfectly understand the definition of economic stratification. Schools have their own little hierarchical world inside an even bigger one. In many public schools, what you wear determines who you may and may not hang out…

The term American, when used by one who considers themself to belong to this term, is perceived to portray a person containing the traits of strength, duty, and unity. It is thought that the individual characterized by this term should be proud to classified as one. This is the picture painted by media, that when “Uncle Sam” calls on the people of America, everyone would stand up and defend this beautiful, peaceful country till their last breath. The term American gives those classified as such…

1.) Socialization is the process by which people learn the basic norms, values, and attitudes by observing the people around them. Kids do this from the time they are born to learn how they should act towards others and what things are considered normal. One way that this is done is through the way parents communicate around and to their kids. In Unequal Childhoods Lareau talks about how the language that is used in a child’s household can have long term effects on the child’s future speaking…