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[mid-l-klas, -klahs] -- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the middle class; [[bourgeois]]: | [mid-l-klas, -klahs] -- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the middle class; [[bourgeois]]: | ||
| − | Origin: 1890-95. "Middle class" as a term first appeared in a 1745 pamphlet by James Bradshaw called "Scheme to prevent running [[Irish]] Wools to [[France]]."<ref>James Bradshaw (1745). A scheme to prevent the running of Irish wools to France: and Irish woollen goods to foreign countries. By prohibiting the importation of [[Spanish]] wools into [[Ireland]], ... Humbly offered to the consideration of Parliament. By a Merchant of London. printed for J. Smith, and G. Faulkner. pp. 4–5. | + | Origin: 1890-95. "Middle class" as a term first appeared in a 1745 pamphlet by James Bradshaw called "Scheme to prevent running [[Irish]] Wools to [[France]]."<ref>James Bradshaw (1745). A scheme to prevent the running of Irish wools to France: and Irish woollen goods to foreign countries. By prohibiting the importation of [[Spanish]] wools into [[Ireland]], ... Humbly offered to the consideration of Parliament. By a Merchant of London. printed for J. Smith, and G. Faulkner. pp. 4–5. https://books.google.com/books?id=AJdbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4 Retrieved 2 December 2014</ref> |
Points about the Middle Class: | Points about the Middle Class: | ||
* The Middle class is [[America]]'s (and indeed the Western World's) largest socioeconomic group | * The Middle class is [[America]]'s (and indeed the Western World's) largest socioeconomic group | ||
* The median, or middle, household income in the United States today is $50,054 as of early 2013. | * The median, or middle, household income in the United States today is $50,054 as of early 2013. | ||
| − | * Popular vision of middle class is rooted in 1950s, when a generation found solid jobs, bought houses in the suburbs and took modest family vacations.<ref> | + | * Popular vision of middle class is rooted in 1950s, when a generation found solid jobs, bought houses in the suburbs and took modest family vacations.<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/14/middle-class-hard-define/2080565 Middle class a matter of income, attitude |
Dan Horn, The Cincinnati Enquirer April 14, 2013</ref> | Dan Horn, The Cincinnati Enquirer April 14, 2013</ref> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | * | + | * https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/14/middle-class-hard-define/2080565/ |
| − | * 7 things the middle class can’t afford anymore: | + | * 7 things the middle class can’t afford anymore: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2014/10/25/cheat-sheet-middle-class-cant-afford/17730223/ |
* http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21272238/ns/us_news-gut_check/t/who-or-what-middle-class/ | * http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21272238/ns/us_news-gut_check/t/who-or-what-middle-class/ | ||
Revision as of 18:31, September 26, 2018
The Middle class is a social class - a "class of people intermediate between the classes of higher (upper class or aristocracy) and lower social rank or standing (working class); the social, economic, cultural class, having approximately average status, income, education, tastes, and the like. It is the the class traditionally intermediate between the aristocratic class and the laboring class."[1]
[mid-l-klas, -klahs] -- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the middle class; bourgeois: Origin: 1890-95. "Middle class" as a term first appeared in a 1745 pamphlet by James Bradshaw called "Scheme to prevent running Irish Wools to France."[2]
Points about the Middle Class:
- The Middle class is America's (and indeed the Western World's) largest socioeconomic group
- The median, or middle, household income in the United States today is $50,054 as of early 2013.
- Popular vision of middle class is rooted in 1950s, when a generation found solid jobs, bought houses in the suburbs and took modest family vacations.[3]
The Republican McCain-Palin campaign applied "Joe the Plumber" as a metaphor for middle class Americans.
See also
- Aristocracy
- Bourgeoisie
- Working class - or laboring class.
- Proletariat
References
- ↑ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Middle%20Class
- ↑ James Bradshaw (1745). A scheme to prevent the running of Irish wools to France: and Irish woollen goods to foreign countries. By prohibiting the importation of Spanish wools into Ireland, ... Humbly offered to the consideration of Parliament. By a Merchant of London. printed for J. Smith, and G. Faulkner. pp. 4–5. https://books.google.com/books?id=AJdbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4 Retrieved 2 December 2014
- ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/14/middle-class-hard-define/2080565 Middle class a matter of income, attitude Dan Horn, The Cincinnati Enquirer April 14, 2013