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    even began. Starting in the middle of the 18th Century, the long standing rural cottage industry began to give way to more urban forms of (primarily textile) industry. This change, occurring due to from the process of mechanization, started to draw a class of landless workers to cities, where they could work for large corporations and factories. Densely populated cities began to form and grow near major coal deposits within Britain, quickly resulted in overcrowded packed with polluting…

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    Imagine there are two women sitting across from each other on the bus, one woman name Anna the other Zelda. Anna is a single working mother, who works 10 hours a day. Zelda is a full-time mother who stays at home. However, the difference between these two ladies is that Anna has a job outside the house while Zelda do not. From reading this introduction you can tell that both mothers are both hard workers. Although in society we say it’s an everyday normal life, but it 's not what society…

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    much. For example athletes get paid a great deal more than the working class. They also get paid way more than surgeons, who save lives. There are also orphanages who barely make enough money to keep the kids safe. In all, athletes are being overpaid immensely. Professional athletes get paid a tremendous amount compared to the working class. The average salary for a professional athlete is into the millions, while the working class gets about $40,000 a year or less. This outrageous,…

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    Merton's Strain Theory

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    identify what causes members to be attracted to rule breaking” (Item A). Functionalists view subcultures as arising from anomie in Merton’s strain theory as the strain of goals and the means of achieving them cause people, particularly those of working class backgrounds, to rebel and replace some…

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    industrial revolution had a big impact on everybody in the late 1900s. However, the biggest impact was shown on to the American industrial worker, the working class. New technological advancements cause companies to impose new injustices, labor unions form to fight back; unfortunately, the government does not act on these injustices towards the working class. The government at the time was not only corrupt, but also not ready or prepared for the problems they were about to be facing. The…

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    numbers of middle class undergoing economic difficulty has steadily increased. It becomes a motive to her to discuss about the genuine relation between social backgrounds, college education and white – collar occupation, and American Dream. She decides to find whether the those settings are the absoulte and secure position as much as public believe. Ehrenreich comes up with two socioeconomic phenomena and describes them as omen that alarms instability within the middle class…

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    This will make it easier for others who need jobs to find them. Working families would have more time for community life and their life will be much less stressful. Americans would start to reclaim the middle-class by having more money readily at hand. This money will allow them to buy products on a daily basis that they may not have before and this is beneficial for the economy because…

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    Throughout Davis’s work, she constantly reminds the audience of the uneducated nature of the lower class citizens. The dialogue between Hugh and Deborah is littered with words such as “hur,” “wunnot,” and “hyur,” whereas the upper class men have intelligent conversation where some men even through in a few foreign phrases (Davis X). The difference between the dialects essentially creates a language barrier. Davis…

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    daily basis, whether you’re the capitalist or a part of the working class. For the most part, capital not only starts the day you’re born, but continues on throughout your life. This drastically influences the likability of success and determines whether you’ll be part of the working class or part of the upper class, which is considered to be the capitalist. In the article we see the differences between the capitalist and the working class, and the impact that they have to overcome to become…

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    company owners across the country. It was believed by many that the laws regulating working conditions and assistance for the poor would, according to Social Darwinism, bring society to a primitive level. Big corporations…

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