Social classes

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Date
1999
Summary
Marx divided the industrial world into two antagonistic classes: the bourgeois and the proletariat. In today's society, this simple dichotomy fails to capture the many segments of a global marketplace. From the communal hunter/gatherers and agrarian cultures; to ancient empires and medieval fiefdoms; to the technocrats, executives, laborers, and others of the stratified modern world, this program examines how each era has organized its members into social classes. Although the opportunistic meritocracy of the global marketplace has displaced earlier societal models, do older patterns of privilege still linger?
Contributors
Leduc, Louis-Roland; Morris, George
Publishers
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm); Productions Coscient Inc.
Genre
Documentary television programs
Subjects
Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor; Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor; Social classes; Social stratification -- History
Locations
North America; United States; New Jersey
Collection
Films@UM
Unit
Distinctive Media Collections
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Terms of Use
Access is restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.
Physical Description
53 minutes; color
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Access condition: campus-only.

Creation/Production Credits

Directed by Louis-Roland Leduc ; written by Claire Frémont ; produced by Vincent Leduc ; produced by Productions Coscient Inc. Narrator, George Morris ; guests: Craig Calhoun, François Dubet, Michel Guay, Jan Pakulski. Directors of photography, Marc Gadoury, Stéphane Ricard ; editor, Marie-Claude Bourdon ; music, Pascal Mailloux.
Other Identifiers
Filename: lms-089701; Fedora 2 PID: umd:10706; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/3181; Catalog Key: alephsys004130236; OCLC: ocn607126919

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