Socially and intellectually, the Jacksonian movement represented not the insurgency of a specific class or region but a diverse, sometimes testy national coalition. ... The Jacksonians' basic policy thrust, both in Washington and in the states, was to rid government of class biases and dismantle the top-down, credit-driven engines of the market revolution. ... The people's best weapons were equal rights and limited government "ensuring that the already wealthy and favored classes would not enrich themselves further by commandeering, enlarging, and then plundering public institut...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

Popular music is ubiquitous; from shopping malls and advertising to gymnasiums/fitness classes and political campaigns, popular music is a common feature of people's everyday lives and a significant aspect of consumer culture. ... Through survey research, tastes in popular music are understood as being shaped by a person's gender, age, social class background, and race/ethnicity. ... " This is unlike serious music, which is "non-standardized," and "[every] detail derives its musical sense from the concrete totality of the piece" (1941, 303–305). ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate