HISTORY 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Reform Act 1832, July Monarchy, Corn Laws
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Marx points out that this is b/c industrialization runs on backs of slave labor of colonies. Bourgeoisie, what we"d call middle class for marx, this means ppl who own the means of produxn, managerial class, doctors, etc anyone who makes $ thru $ Enriched by indrev not only relative to workers, but relative to tradit landed classes who"d earned wealth thru rents. Became center of eur soc in 19c. Not the majority, didn"t quite take over; right to beginning of wwi, ancien regime persisted, aristocrats still ruled the roosts in lots of places. But soc gets organized around needs/desires/tastes of mc. Ideas of freedom liberalism, characteristic polits of bourg = freedom from shackles of medieval soc: freedom from absol monarchy favor free speech etc, free compet tw parties freedom from landed aristocracy. Advocate educ, so everyone is capable of rising up/taking place in polit syst freedom from guilds (free trades) Medieval eur: trade was privilege of partic companies/guilds, monopolized.
