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ˈpetty bourgeoiˈsie
[f. as prec. + bourgeoisie.]
= petit bourgeoisie.
1850Red Republican 16 Nov. 171/1 The petty Bourgeoisie, the inferior ranks of the middle-class, the small manufacturers, merchants, tradesmen, and farmers, tend to become Proletarians. 1920F. E. Green Hist. Eng. Agric. Labourer 1870–1920 v. 125 The farmers and the petty bourgeoisie took possession of the Parish and the Rural District Councils. 1924G. B. Shaw Saint Joan Pref. p. xiii, In short, much more of a young lady, and even of an intellectual, than most of the daughters of our petty bourgeoisie. 1930tr. Marx & Engels's Communist Manifesto iii. 56 In the countries where modern civilization flourishes, a new petty bourgeoisie has come into being. This class hovers between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. 1956C. W. Mills Power Elite xiv. 329 Classic conservatism has required the spell of tradition among such surviving elements of pre-industrial societies as an aristocracy of noble men, a peasantry, a petty-bourgeoisie with guild inheritances. 1957R. N. C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon 118 Generally speaking, Marx and Engels understood by the petty-bourgeoisie the small traders who, they contended, were being driven down into the proletariat by the monopolist capitalists. 1969A. G. Frank Latin Amer. xix. 312 The next layer may be termed the middle class of petty bourgeoisie. It comprises a large variety of economic walks of life—small landowner, professional, merchant, clergy, government and white collar worker, small politician—but it affords considerable lateral mobility within it, from one occupation to another. 1975Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Mar. 270/4 In Havana in 1827,..a higher proportion of coloureds were legitimately married than of whites. This black ‘petty bourgeoisie’ was, however, dispersed..in the repression of 1844 and the terms of the racial stratification system were redefined to the advantage of the whites. |