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>I hope I missed something in my prototypical definition of middle class and
>people will come to add and change items on my list.
one thing I would add to the prototype is disposition of the middle class,
specfically, since members of the middle class live in a world largely
designed by others like them, the structures & norms are invisible, and
since it has more to lose than upper and lower classes, it has more stake in
the world as is. Fierce defense of norms; comfort with surveillance...
Judith Diamondstone (732) 932-7496 Ext. 352
Graduate School of Education
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
10 Seminary Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1183
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