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What effects did World War One have on social classes?
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Tim Brooker AA312 R8413113 TMA 03 Question:- What effects did World War One have on social classes? This TMA question, like many before, poses a short, succinct question to which the answer is anything but. The first hurdle encountered is how we deal with what is meant by the term 'class'. There are also sub-divisions within a class, which may affect its status at the end of the war, such as religion, nationality, culture and gender, as well as whether it was on the victorious side, or not. The second deals with the many differing ideas on the nature and position of pre-war society. The use of the term 'class' when used under Marxist conditions makes a distinction between a class 'in itself' and 'for itself'. "A class was only considered fully mature when it recognised its own interests, which were in conflict with those of other classes, and acted for...
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