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    HIS 326 Final Paper Social Justice in America: Rauschenbusch’s Social Gospel Movement and Comparisons to Marx Capitalism is the only economic structure and way of life most Americans and even most people in developed countries around the world today know. But capitalism isn’t the only economic ideal out there and not everyone would agree with its foundations and principles. Capitalism is a system of economics in which individual private ownership is central and the quest for profit and

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    probably experience in their life is a word that holds disappointment and happiness called "love". Materialistic objects or social class may be great but none compare to how love feels. In line 9 the speaker expresses how he feels about love regarding social class. "Thy love is better than high birth to me‚" (Shakespeare). The speaker expresses how social class‚ skill‚ wealth ect. is by no means comparable to love. Showing that love is superior to all those things and is more important than

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    and Women’s suffrage‚ prohibition played a big role in the shaping of America today though it was years ago. Historically the era is still a little fresh considering America’s timeline from establishment to now. Women for the most part had a very universal outlook on the consumption and distribution of alcohol‚ get rid of it. The point of this paper is to give insight of the effect of prohibition on the working class in America. A book along with other sources helped very much to support this thesis

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    Explore the role of social class in ‘Jane Eyre’. Social class plays an important role throughout the novel for Jane’s ambiguous class status becomes evident from the opening chapter. Bronte refers to Jane as a poor orphan living with her cruel relatives‚ she feels alienated from the rest of the Reed family. Jane’s callous cousin John Reed tells Jane she has "no business to take our books; you are a dependent . . . you ought to beg‚ and not to live here with gentleman’s children like us." In this

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    Social class is still the main determinant of voting behaviour.’ Discuss. In some ways‚ this statement is correct‚ however‚ as society is evolving this is becoming less and less apparent. The change in voting behaviour based on classes started to change between 1945 and the 1980s‚ where the class de-alignment occurred. This was the decline in the relationship between social class and voting. After World War II‚ the distinctions between the classes became less important as the country had fought

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    PRESS RELEASE --Buying Tesla and the Social Class of Green Technology-- Electric Cars are not a new concept‚ but are finally gaining a market share in today’s car market. These cars are extremely efficient and produce the least pollution out of any other car‚ however they have also become a symbol of status and wealth exemplified by Tesla Motor’s fast and status-oriented automobile models. The article “Positive and Negative spillover effects from Electric Car Purchase to Usage” by Klockner

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    Name: Before class Activity Fill in your answers to this section‚ print off the page and turn it in prior to the start of class. Case Incident 2: Siemens’ Simple Structure - Not. 1. What do Kleinfeld’s efforts at Siemens tell you about the difficulties of restructuring organizations?  People do not like to change‚ the really don’t like uncertainty‚ and anyone coming in to change things will be quickly disliked by the employees. 2. Why do you think Löscher’s

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    Account for social tensions in US society from 1919 – 1941. Social tensions among US society from 1919-1941 came about due to immigration restrictions‚ racial conflict‚ and anti-communism. In the early 1920s Americans living in the rural areas‚ approximately 50% of the total population) were persistent in maintaining a capitalist democracy based on Anglo-Saxon culture. White Anglo-Saxon Americans became alarmed at the increasing level of foreign immigrants arriving by the 20th century. These White

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    A film that comes to mind that usually is not noticed‚ as a class hierarchy is “Coming to America” starring in lead role Eddie Murphy. I think this movie does a tremendous job in showing how ignorant America has become in respect to other countries around the world. Akeem (Eddie Murphy) comes to America in search of women to be his bride. He comes from a lavish life style where he is the prince‚ and money has no boundary. Like many Americans seeing someone from another country we seem to stereotypically

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    will most likely effect people from all classes though the middle class‚ Mrs Maarman’s class‚ would be the most impacted. Her actions illustrate‚ through love and compassion‚ how someone can bridge the gap between classes without prejudice. Ha’penny’s cross challenges all mothers and people of a compassionate nature to challenge the oppressive rules of their society and return to thinking about the individual‚ no matter what class they may be categorized in. Was she showing courage?

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