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Page 21
... class distinctions are beginning to break down . Had he lived , he might have added social workers and poly- technic lecturers to his list . Elsewhere he talks of the ' lower- middle class ' as having the same role : a leadership role ...
... class distinctions are beginning to break down . Had he lived , he might have added social workers and poly- technic lecturers to his list . Elsewhere he talks of the ' lower- middle class ' as having the same role : a leadership role ...
Page 61
... middle class . One was the military and imperialist middle class , generally nicknamed the Blimps , and the other the left - wing intelli- gentsia . These two seemingly hostile types , symbolic opposites – the half - pay colonel with ...
... middle class . One was the military and imperialist middle class , generally nicknamed the Blimps , and the other the left - wing intelli- gentsia . These two seemingly hostile types , symbolic opposites – the half - pay colonel with ...
Page 68
... class and the middle class are draw- ing together . The unjust distinctions remain , but the real differences diminish . The old - style ' proletarian ' — collar- less , unshaven and with muscles warped by heavy labour still exists ...
... class and the middle class are draw- ing together . The unjust distinctions remain , but the real differences diminish . The old - style ' proletarian ' — collar- less , unshaven and with muscles warped by heavy labour still exists ...
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