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Originally Posted by smurf
Sorry to side track, but if you call them bourgeois revolutions it does make some sense. Nationalism, identity, codified laws of trade and order. BTW the Dutch Revolution was in 1572-1648. The printing press does represent a social revolution in production, from beginning to end, mining, smelting, paper, inks etc it's a huge operation to make a printing press. What does it do? Replaces all the scribes, mass produces information... why? The unification of information, dissemination and control.
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America never had a Bourgeois, because we never had a resident King or aristocracy. In point of fact, any realistic analysis of English society would suggest that the term Bourgeois reflects a continental cultural pattern that never really existed in England. The term "nobility of the sandal" is meaningless in England, but it covers a social reality typical of much of Europe. Marx was a genius, but his historical vision was far to narrow. Luckily further generations of historians used Marx's insights to go further.
Now back to topic.