Petite bourgeoisie

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/petite-bourgeoisie

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the related concepts?Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, Class Consciousness, Historical Materialism
2. What does "petite bourgeoisie" mean?It means people who own small shops, farms, or businesses and work for themselves. They are like small business owners or artisans.
3. Why are they called "little big bosses"?They run their own businesses, so they are bosses, but their businesses are small compared to big companies.

Haute bourgeoisie: The upper class or elite, characterized by ownership of large capital and means of production.
Proletariat: The working class, who sell their labor power for wages and do not own the means of production.
Historical Materialism: A Marxist theory that views history as driven by economic and material conditions and class struggle.