Sunday, March 7, 2010

Middle Class PP Notes

The Middle Class
More Money More Time
Social Changes
Development of white collar jobs
Aptitude opens doors vs. education
Start of unions
Loss of agricultural careers
Division between men and women widen
More leisure time
Women
Cultural Shifts
Consumption and consumerism
“Middle class” values
Beginnings of product crazes (Popular culture)

Leisure
Baseball
Football
Basketball
Theater
Libraries
Churches
Community Centers
Travel
Western World
Economic dependency, political support, colonization
Broadening reach:
Social/cultural values
Institutions
Arts/science/philosophies
Rising tensions in Europe
Loss of colonies
Triple Alliance: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy
Triple Entente: Britain, Russia, France

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