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The bourgeoisie (/ ˌ b ʊər ʒ w ɑː ˈ z iː / ⓘ BOOR-zhwah-ZEE, French: ⓘ) are a class of business owners, merchants and wealthy people, in general, which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as an "upper class" between peasantry and aristocracy.
The typical modern definitions of "middle class" tend to ignore the fact that the classical petite-bourgeoisie is and has always been the owner of a small-to medium-sized business whose income is derived almost exclusively from the employment of workers; "middle class" came to refer to the combination of the labour aristocracy, professionals ...
Petite bourgeoisie (French pronunciation: [pətit(ə) buʁʒwazi], literally 'small bourgeoisie'; also anglicised as petty bourgeoisie) is a term that refers to a social class composed of small business owners, shopkeepers, small-scale merchants, semi-autonomous peasants, and artisans.
The middle class contains about half of America, according to the Pew Research Center -- 50%, to be exact. Another 21% fall into the upper class and 29% are in the lower class. But what level of...
The middle class contains about half of America, according to the Pew Research Center -- 50%, to be exact. Another 21% fall into the upper class and 29% are in the lower class. But what is the ...
Portrait of a Burgher (c. 1660) by Lucas Franchoys the Younger. Burgher was a rank or title of a privileged citizen of a medieval to early modern European town. Burghers formed the pool from which city officials could be drawn, [citation needed] and their immediate families that formed the social class of the medieval bourgeoisie.
Historically, the middle class is unchained from the financial stresses that define day-to-day life for impoverished people. The upper middle class is doing even better -- but they're not quite ...
A hierarchy of social class rank in Italy today. 1. Bourgeoisie (10% of the working population) [1] includes high-class entrepreneurs, managers, politicians, self-employed people, highest-ranking celebrities, etc. 2. White-collar middle class (17% of the working population) [1] includes middle class workers not employed in manual work. 3.