... up out of the small masters or "burgesses" of the cities and is also known by the French word "bourgeoisie". But the industrial revolution which pushed the manufacturers to the front also brought an increase in the number of factory workers. It gave birth, to the modern working class. Formed out of the property less wage workers of the towns, the ... working class or proletariat, (as Marx called them) soon began to take the stage as an independent political force. In Britain it formed itself into the first modern workers" political party, the Chartists. On the Continent it played an eve...

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