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The middle of the 19th century saw The Great Exhibition of 1851, the first World's Fair, which showcased the greatest innovations of the century. At its centre was the Crystal Palace, a modular glass and iron structure – the first of its kind.
Historians agree that the middle classes not only professed high personal moral standards, but actually followed them. There is a debate whether the working classes followed suit. Moralists in the late 19th century such as Henry Mayhew decried the slums for their supposed high levels of cohabitation without marriage and illegitimate births ...
The Global Bourgeoisie: The Rise of the Middle Classes in the Age of Empire (2019) scholarly essays covering major countries and region s in 19th century excerpt Archived 2022-05-21 at the Wayback Machine also chapters online (Archived 2021-03-10 at the Wayback Machine) Jones, Larry Eugene.
The middle class, at least in the 19th Century, had a more secure income than the working class and accumulated unspent income which they could channel into investments. [ 66 ] Members of the middle class are often politically and socially engaged (a Mori poll in 2005 found 70% of grades AB voted at the 2005 general election compared to 54% of ...
After the Industrial Revolution (1750–1850), by the mid-19th century the great expansion of the bourgeoisie social class caused its stratification – by business activity and by economic function – into the haute bourgeoisie (bankers and industrialists) and the petite bourgeoisie (tradesmen and white-collar workers). [5]
Jackson, Brenda K. Domesticating the West: The Re-creation of the Nineteenth-century American Middle Class (U of Nebraska Press, 2005). Lamont, Michèle. Money, morals, and manners: The culture of the French and the American upper-middle class (U of Chicago Press, 1992). McComb, Mary C.
The term "class," first widely used in the 19th century, is still used to characterize individuals occupying the same tier on the personal finance ladder. ... Middle class: Those ranging from ...
The American Bourgeoisie: Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century (Palgrave Macmillan; 2011) 284 pages; Scholarly studies on the habits, manners, networks, institutions, and public roles of the American middle class with a focus on cities in the North. Beeghley, L.