SOCL 4451 Study Guide - Alexis De Tocqueville

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Revolution in europe: produced massive social changes across europe: european society became much more complex; rather than using human power to move materials, machines began to do this work; communication increased with technology, mass migration of individuals into the cities (who weren"t prepared for this influx of individuals); nature of work changed in the cities; creates lots of problems; large portions of many cities turned into slums; poor sanitation; long working hours; child labor; low wages; one of the results=poor health, strong middle class developed and transformed by the industrial revolution. Today, american sociologist use this as a basic scheme: upper class, ceo"s, big houses, opera, upper middle class, affluent, well educated people, high level managers, successful business owners, lower middle class, teachers, nurses, office workers, small business owners (not as successful, working class, secretary, office manager, store manager, most factory workers, lower class, unemployed, retail workers, lower level service worker jobs, semi skilled or unskilled workers, construction work.

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