HIST 215 Lecture Notes - George Bernard Shaw, American Heiress, Highclere Castle
21 Apr 2013
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Hist 215: guest lecture: prof. brian lewis: social class in 19th century britain: decoding downton. [downton abbey; earl & countess of grantham]; highclere castle; lord and lady caernarvon: the hit british tv soap opera, it"s about the fictional ecounters of grantham (3 daughters and the household) filmed in. Highclear castle south central england: begins with death in 1912 on the titanic. Death to the heir of the estate bc aristocratic passed down through male line, the 3 daughters would again be overlooked in terms of inherting the estate in favour of next male who turns out to be a distant cousin. Social class went on to become principal form of stratification: there is potential for moving through classes, class is a complicated term because of its multiple uses: Objective (based on income, property, occupation, education, etc); may or may not be used or understood by people themselves.
