Abstract
Friedrich Engels described England as “the most bourgeois of all nations”; George Orwell as “the most class-ridden country under the sun.” Both statements still hold good today.
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Williams, M. (1986). The Middle Class. In: Society Today. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08845-4_24
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